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World Book Night
World Book Night U.S. has announced its new honorary national chairpeople — bestselling authors Ann Patchett and James Patterson — and the WBN 2013 U.S. book picks. In addition, World Book Night U.S. has opened the online application process for those wishing to become volunteer book givers next spring.
World Book Night U.S. is part of an ambitious global campaign to encourage reading. World Book Night U.K., where this program first began in 2010, also announced its book list and giver application process this week.
In the U.S., a half million free books will be handed out in towns and cities across America all on one day — April 23, 2013 — by enlisting 25,000 volunteer book lovers to help promote reading by going into their communities and personally handing out specially printed copies to light or non-readers and to those without the means or access to printed books.James Patterson said: “In my experience, when people like what they are doing, they do more of it. This is the genius of World Book Night — it gets people reading by connecting them with amazing, enjoyable books. I’m honored to be a part of it.”
“I’m very proud to be a part of World Book Night,” Ann Patchett added. “As both a writer and a bookseller, I’m all in favor of getting books into the hands of people who might not otherwise have access to them.”
Carl Lennertz, World Book Night U.S. Executive Director, commented: “I am over the moon with happiness that Jim and Ann have agreed to join our wonderful cause! I know that booksellers, librarians, and our volunteer book givers will be thrilled to have these two beloved authors support our reading and literacy effort in the United States in our second year.”The 30 World Book Night U.S. titles for 2013, chosen by an independent panel of booksellers and librarians, were also announced. Thousands of copies of each World Book Night title will be printed as special, not-for-resale paperbacks.
Lennertz added: “This isn’t a best-books-of-all-time list; these are contemporary or classic books that appeal to a wide range of new readers. We looked for diversity and variety in all things: subject matter, age level, gender, as well as ethnic and geographic considerations. Last year’s givers also got to nominate books. This is a beautiful mix with, I hope, some old friends and nice surprises! And we thank the authors, who have agreed to waive royalties on the World Book Night editions.”
The Ray Bradbury Estate told WBN organizers that: “Because Ray Bradbury always encouraged and promoted reading books, his family is honored that Fahrenheit 451 will be part of such a wonderful event as World Book Night.”The 30 World Book Night U.S. titles for 2013, alphabetical by author, are:
- The Handmaid’s Tale, Margaret Atwood (Anchor Books/Random House)
- City of Thieves, David Benioff (Plume/Penguin Book Group)
- Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury (Simon & Schuster Paperbacks)
- My Antonia, Willa Cather (public domain; edition tbd)
- Girl with a Pearl Earring, Tracy Chevalier (Plume/Penguin Book Group)
- The House on Mango Street, Sandra Cisneros (Vintage/Random House) – also in Spanish
- The Alchemist, Paulo Coelho (HarperOne/HarperCollins) – also in Spanish
- The Language of Flowers, Vanessa Diffenbaugh (Ballantine Books/Random House)
- The Worst Hard Time, Timothy Egan (Mariner Books/HoughtonMifflinHarcourt)
- Bossypants, Tina Fey (Regan Arthur/Back Bay Books)
- Still Alice, Lisa Genova (Gallery Books/Simon & Schuster)
- Looking for Alaska, John Green (Speak/Penguin Book Group)
- Playing for Pizza, John Grisham (Dell/Random House)
- Mudbound, Hillary Jordan (Algonquin Books/Workman Publishing)
- The Phantom Tollbooth, Norton Juster (Yearling/Random House)
- Moneyball, Michael Lewis (W.W. Norton)
- The Tender Bar, J.R. Moehringer (Hyperion)
- Devil in a Blue Dress, Walter Mosley (Washington Square Press/Simon & Schuster)
- Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life, James Patterson (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers)
- Population: 485, Michael Perry (HarperPerennial/HarperCollins)
- Good Omens, Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman (HarperTorch/HarperCollins)
- The Lightning Thief, Rick Riordan (Disney)
- Montana Sky, Nora Roberts (Jove/Penguin Book Group)
- Look Again, Lisa Scottoline (St. Martin’s)
- Me Talk Pretty One Day, David Sedaris (Back Bay Books/Little, Brown)
- The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency, Alexander McCall Smith (Anchor Books/Random House)
- Glaciers, Alexis M. Smith (Tin House Books)
- A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court, Mark Twain (public domain; edition tbd)
- Salvage the Bones, Jesmyn Ward (Bloomsbury)
- Favorite American Poems; Large Print edition, various authors (Dover)
Volunteer book givers may apply at World Book Night’s website now through January 23, 2013, by providing answers to several questions and picking a book title to give out from the World Book Night U.S. 2013 list.
U.S. Executive Director Lennertz said: “We believe that the wide range of books being offered will appeal to our volunteer book givers and, in turn, to a half million new readers.”
World Book Night in the U.S. is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization. World Book Night is also celebrated in the U.K., where it originated in 2010, and in Ireland and Germany. The campaign is supported by bookstores, libraries, authors, and publishers nationwide.
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Zalmay Khalilzad
“Zal offers compelling insights into what it means to be of two places, and he has a fascinating and gritty story to share of the making of U.S. policy in one of the most complicated and challenging regions of the world.” —Madeleine Albright
“Zalmay Khalilzad is a special talent and colleague who not only thinks strategically, but deftly implements policies on the ground in the most challenging of circumstances. His finger-tip feel for the politics, culture, and personalities of the Middle East, combined with his understanding of the measured use of America’s capabilities, has made him one of the most effective diplomats in recent times. Zal has written a memoir that recounts events he saw firsthand with important insights for today’s challenges.” —Donald Rumsfeld
Many Americans, including leading presidential candidates, say that the U.S. cannot — and thus should not — seek to shape events in the greater Middle East. Now, a native son of Afghanistan and American by choice, the highly respected former U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan, Iraq, and the United Nations, and the most influential and highest-ranking official of Muslim descent to serve in the U.S. government,challenges this view.
In his new book The Envoy: From Kabul to the White House, My Journey Through a Turbulent World (St. Martin’s Press; March 22, 2016), Zalmay Khalilzad delivers an inspiring, perceptive, and timely examination of the political forces and cultural currents that have shaped the Middle East. Part memoir of a political insider, part historical record, and part incisive analysis of the current state of the Middle East, The Envoy arrives in time for foreign policy discussions leading up to the 2016 election.
Khalilzad traces his path from his traditional childhood in the ancient city of Mazar-i-Sharif in Afghanistan, to his time as an exchange student in California, where he discovered a “land of opportunity” he had never known, to the halls of the White House where he served three U.S. presidents.
On 9/11, Khalilzad found he was uniquely placed to find common ground and peaceful accommodation between his two worlds and to help shape mutually beneficial relationships between the country of his birth and the country he came to love and call home. As U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan and then Iraq, he helped craft two constitutions, forge governing coalitions, and played a central role in efforts to stabilize volatile societies – and to attempt damage control when policies went awry. As U.S. Ambassador to the UN, he used his distinct personal tact to advance U.S. interests and values. Seeing firsthand the limits of conventional diplomacy in a chaotic and multicultural world, he experimented with new approaches, and he shares lessons from both the successes and the failures of these ventures in front-line mediation. The Envoy takes us behind the scenes into the riveting and at times dismaying internal debates of the George W. Bush Administration, revealing how the leaders of Afghanistan and Iraq were selected, and the efforts to manage and subdue some of the world’s most dangerous insurgents and warlords.
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Yotam Ottolenghi
Yotam Ottolenghi is a renowned restaurateur and author of New York Times bestselling cookbooks Plenty, Jerusalem, and Ottolenghi, and the upcoming Sweet (Ten Speed Press, October 3 2017).
With Nopi, his most recent foray in cookbooks and “the meeting of two distinctive worldviews,” this culinary rock star makes accessible the complex and flavorful dishes available at his newest high-end restaurant.
While his five famed restaurant are popular London culinary destinations encompassing patisserie, deli, dining experience, and bakery, Yotam’s true passion and voice shine in his writing as an expert looking to share beautiful food with the world.
Yotam writes for The Guardian, and appears on BBC. He lives in London and owns five much-loved restaurants there: Nopi, as well as four eponymous spots around the city.
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WORLD WAR Z
The #1 New York Times Bestseller: Read the Book that Inspired the Major Motion Picture
The Zombie War came unthinkably close to eradicating humanity. Max Brooks, driven by the urgency of preserving the acid-etched first-hand experiences of the survivors from those apocalyptic years, traveled across the United States of America and throughout the world, from decimated cities that once teemed with upwards of 30 million souls to the most remote and inhospitable areas of the planet. He recorded the testimony of men, women, and sometimes children who came face to face with the living, or at least the undead, hell of that dreadful time. WORLD WAR Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War is the result. Never before have we had access to a document that so powerfully conveys the depth of fear and horror, and also the ineradicable spirit of resistance, that gripped human society through the plague years.
Ranging from the now infamous village of New Dachang in the United Federation of China, where the epidemiological trail began with the twelve-year-old Patient Zero, to the unnamed northern forests where untold numbers sought a terrible and temporary refuge in the cold, to the United States of Southern Africa, where the Redeker Plan provided hope for humanity at an unspeakable price, to the west-of-the-Rockies redoubt where the North American tide finally started to turn, this invaluable chronicle reflects the full scope and duration of the Zombie War.
Most of all, the book captures with haunting immediacy the human dimension of this epochal event. Facing the often raw and vivid nature of these personal accounts requires a degree of courage on the part of the reader, but the effort is necessary and rewarded because, as Mr. Brooks says in his introduction, “By excluding the human factor, aren’t we risking the kind of personal detachment from history that may, heaven forbid, lead us one day to repeat it? And in the end, isn’t the human factor the only true difference between us and the enemy we now refer to as ‘the living dead’?”
Since its publication in September 2006, WORLD WAR Z has appeared on the hardcover, paperback, and mass market New York Times bestseller lists for a combined total of 115 weeks and counting, and has sold well over 1.5 million copies across formats. Now, published to coincide with Paramount’s major motion picture adaptation, this new trade paper edition (Broadway Books, May 14, 2013, $14.95) will offer a fresh crop of readers the chance to discover the definitive chronicle of “The Zombie Wars” and the book that inspired the film.
About Max Brooks
“The Studs Terkel of zombie journalism,” Max Brooks is also the author of the NewYork Times bestsellers The Zombie Survival Guide and The Zombie Survival Guide: Recorded Attacks.
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The Soul Of All Living Creatures
“The Soul of All Living Creatures is an inspiring, joyful, uplifting account of the magical bond between humans and the earth’s creatures. This book conveys a profound message: we are part of a larger web of life which we must honor, or risk grave consequences.” — Larry Dossey, MD, author of Reinventing Medicine and One Mind
Just as Jane Goodall transformed our knowledge of wild chimpanzees, Dr. Vint Virga is revolutionizing our perception and understanding of all animals in his work as one of our most distinguished veterinarians and veterinary behaviorists.
Now, in his new book, The Soul Of All Living Creatures: What Animals Can Teach Us About Being Human (Crown; July 2013), based on his 30-years experience, Dr. Vint Virga explores our remarkable connection to animals—from whales, wolves, and ocelots to mice, dogs, and cats—and shares his fascinating insights on how intricate this link is, and how vital to the lives of man and beast, alike.
As an emergency room clinician four years out of veterinary school, Dr. Vint Virga had a life-changing experience. After exhausting his expert knowledge and skills, he quietly sat with a dog, Pongo, that remained unresponsive and slowly dying, though all its medical needs had been tended. Too tired to talk, Dr. Virga did paperwork, with one hand draped loosely over the animal’s chest, tracking its shallow and labored breathing. After an hour, Virga felt a subtle shift. Pongo’s respiration eased; later, he shifted imperceptibly toward the doctor. In those moments, Virga witnessed the extraordinary power of simple human contact and compassion on a dog struggling to survive. Dr. Virga decided to specialize in behavioral medicine and care of domestic and exotic creatures.
Drawing on his decades of practice and expertise, Dr. Virga brings new relevance and significance to animal behavior, and demonstrates how, by attempting to perceive the world from the perspective of animals, we can enrich our own appreciation of life, improve our character and relationships, enhance our communication, reorder our values, and deepen our grasp of spirituality.
Insightful and eloquent, The Soul of All Living Creatures shows us that by unlocking the mysteries of animal behaviors we can open a door into our own lives for new insights, perspectives, and ways of being. If we’re willing to listen, notice, and embrace what we all hold in common with animals, we can bring deeper meaning and fulfillment to our lives.
ABOUT VINT VIRGA
Dr. Vint Virga is a distinguished practitioner and leader in veterinary behavioral medicine. He consults nationally to zoos and wildlife parks, private corporations, and professional organizations on the care and well-being of animals and has appeared on ABC’s World News, National Geographic’s Explorer, PBS’s Nature and on Wild TV.
Changing forever the way we see our beloved pets, animals in the wild, and ourselves, Dr. Vint Virga has captivating stories to relate.
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WITH CHARITY FOR ALL
As the season for giving approaches, it is time to determine if and where you’ll be donating. Ken Stern, the former head of a major nonprofit reveals the surprising failings of the charitable world—a shocking 1.4 million separate organizations that make up 10 percent of the U.S. economy. Counterintuitive, provocative, compulsively readable, With Charity for All: Why Charities Are Failing and a Better Way to Give (Doubleday; On Sale 2/26/2013; $26.95) creates a new paradigm that will be a game changer for the charitable sector and will transform every American’s relationship to their end-of-year giving.
During his years as the CEO of National Public Radio, Ken Stern became aware that working for a nonprofit was like entering a looking-glass world where the marketplace incentives were utterly perverse. The experience set him on a journey to explore the vast and unaccountable world of U.S. charities. From water charities that serve Africa to the policemen who provide drug education in public schools, from the Metropolitan Opera to college bowl games, he discovers a huge, mostly well-meaning charitable sector that is nonetheless hobbled by deep structural flaws.
Unlike private corporations, which respond to market signals, adjust strategies and go out of business when they fail, nonprofit organizations have a very low barrier to entry (the IRS approves 99.5% of applications) and once begun basically never die. Groups that rate charities use deeply flawed measures, such as the percentage spent on overhead costs, a measure that actually deters charities from making much-needed investments. The problem, according to Stern, lies in a fundamental lack of oversight. Charities are rarely asked to prove their effectiveness to their funders, whether private donors or government grants. When they are, charities themselves define their own success, results that do not paint an accurate picture.
The stories of charities that spend millions despite never even cracking the problems they set out to solve (D.A.R.E, Red Cross and most water charities, sad to say) are devastating. But it’s not all bad news. Stern explores a growing movement toward nonprofit accountability and effectiveness and offers a prescription for individual giving and reform. With Charity For All is an intriguing book and its equal analysis of the charitable sector will have readers reevaluating the ways in which they give.
ABOUT KEN STERN
Ken Stern is the CEO of Palisades Media Ventures, a digital media content company and the former CEO of National Public Radio (1999-2008). He lives in Washington, D.C.
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William Ury
“Wise and realistic, noble and practical, brilliant and approachable, Ury has created a definitive body of work on how we can get to yes in our conflicted world.” —Jim Collins, author of Good to Great
“We have met our enemy at the negotiating table–and it is us. Ury has written a prequel to his classic Getting to Yes. If you adopt the winning strategies in this book, you’ll come out ahead in business and in life.”—Daniel H. Pink, author of To Sell Is Human and Drive
Conflict is a growth industry. From Washington politics to school board meetings to the Middle East, you see people attacking others instead of tackling problems. Everyone seems to be busy getting to no. Why aren’t we getting to yes?
Ask the guy who literally wrote the book, one of the world’s most influential experts and the co-author of the world’s bestselling negotiation title, Getting to Yes (over 11 million copies sold.)
When caught in opposition, we point fingers. Now, in his new book Getting To Yes With Yourself (And Other Worthy Opponents) (HarperOne; January 20, 2015; $26.00), Harvard negotiation authority Bill Ury suggests a radically different approach: start by looking in the mirror.
In his 35 years of mediating in some of the world’s most daunting conflicts—from civil wars to labor strikes, boardroom battles, and family feuds—Ury has found that the biggest obstacle to agreement is us: our all-too-human tendency to react in ways that do not serve our true interests. Ury proposes that we take the transforming lead by going to the “balcony”—a place of mental and emotional perspective where we can keep our eyes on the prize. From the balcony, we can change the game from lose-lose confrontation to problem solving for mutual gain. In Getting To Yes With Yourself, he describes a six-step method for creating opportunities even in the toughest circumstances, with common sense uncommonly applied. And while it takes two to tangle, it takes only one to change the way we deal with differences.
ABOUT BILL URY
Bill Ury, cofounder of Harvard’s Program on Negotiation, is one of the world’s best-known and most influential experts on negotiation. He has consulted for dozens of Fortune 500 companies, and has served as a consultant to the White House. Ury is the coauthor of Getting to Yes, the best-selling negotiation book in the world, and seven other books, including the New York Times bestsellers Getting Past No and The Power of a Positive No. He lives in Boulder, CO.
Getting To Yes With Yourself is the prequel to Getting to Yes, the prerequisite course we can all benefit from to reach agreement and get along with others – whether at work with a difficult client, at home with a resistant teen, or in the community with a political adversary. Bill Ury’s six-step method will dramatically improve your ability to negotiate with others, develop healthy relationships, make work more productive, and live a more satisfying life.
Getting to yes, it turns out, is an inside job; the first radical step is getting to yes with ourselves.
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The Silver Lining
“Like a good friend, this book will be by your side as you travel through the world of breast cancer diagnosis, treatment, and recovery.” — Dr. Susan Love, surgeon, breast cancer advocate, and author of Dr. Susan Love’s Breast Book
“Hollye Jacobs combines inspiration with practical suggestions for women and men working through a breast cancer diagnosis. She gives breast cancer survivors the ability to put things in perspective, with spot-on advice about what to expect.” — Nancy Brinker, Founder and Chair, Global Strategy, Susan G. Komen®
As a healthy, happy, thirty-nine-year-old mother with no family history of breast cancer, being diagnosed with the disease rocked Hollye Jacobs’ world. As a nurse, social worker and child development specialist, she found herself in the unique position of moving into the hospital bed. She was trained as a clinician to heal. When she became a patient, the healing process became personal.
This book is Hollye’s intimate experience with breast cancer written through the lens of her professional, clinical experiences in health care. In this graceful, practical and exquisitely illustrated book with full-color photographs by award-winning photographer Elizabeth Messina, Hollye offers an informative, therapeutic and supportive resource for those who are diagnosed with the disease. This book is a lifeline, guide and source of hope that is simultaneously honest and illuminating, practical and relatable, beautiful and educational.
Looking for and finding Silver Linings buoyed Hollye from the time of her diagnosis throughout her double mastectomy, chemotherapy, radiation and recovery. Silver Linings gave her the balance and perspective to get her through the darkest of days and comprise the heartbeat of the book.
The Silver Lining of Hollye’s breast cancer diagnosis, treatment and recovery is to try to make it better for those who have to follow her down this difficult path. This is why she is sharing her story. Hollye is the experienced girlfriend who wants to help shed some light on the darkness, provide guidance through the confusion and hold your hand throughout your experience.
At once comforting and instructive, realistic and inspiring, this book is itself a Silver Lining, a beautiful, must-read for all people facing with breast cancer.
ABOUT THE AUTHORS
Hollye Jacobs, RN, MS, MSW, is an inspirational speaker, writer and clinician. Her professional knowledge in health care combined with her personal experience as a patient presents a powerful wisdom package. She lives in Santa Barbara, California, with her family. Read her blog, watch videos, laugh, and be inspired at “The Silver Pen.”
Elizabeth Messina was named one of the 10 Best Photographers in the World by American Photo 2010. To see more of her beautiful images visit www.elizabethmessina.com and her award-winning blog “Kiss The Groom.” Elizabeth also lives in Santa Barbara with her family.
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Wild by Nature
I was born with two legs, so I decided to use them.
So recounts Sarah Marquis, who invites us to ride shotgun and experience her epic 10,000 mile odyssey through the eyes of a solo traveler in her debut memoir, WILD BY NATURE (Thomas Dunne Books; February 2016).
Marquis adventures through Siberia and into Mongolia, China and Laos, and eventually Thailand, where she boards a cargo ship to Australia in order to take on the final continent in her journey.
A veritable legend in the hiking realm, Marquis shares the unique perspective that lends to her position as one of the most knowledgeable female hikers alive today. While likened to the famed explorers of past, she has experienced a world beyond Robert Falcon Scott and his peers. Antagonized by drunk Mongolian horsemen, robbed of her Blackberry by a gang of Chinese children, a victim of either malaria or dengue fever (she wasn’t sure which one), and self-defender against drug traffickers brandishing machine guns in Laos, Marquis stood her ground as a only a true adventurer can. But of all her trials and tribulations, she says, it is humans—not nature—that consistently prove the most challenging.
With WILD BY NATURE, Marquis has authored a riveting, nearly unbelievable memoir—it’s Wild meets Eat, Pray, Love…on steroids.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
A National Geographic 2014 Adventurer of the Year, Sarah Marquis has been profiled in The New York Times Magazine and National Geographic. Her past solo expeditions have included hikes along the Pacific Crest Trail, as well as across both Australia and South America.
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When Grief Calls Forth the Healing
In the winter of 1961, Mary R. Morgan was twenty-three-years-old. She had a new job, a new husband, and a privileged life as a member of the Rockefeller family, specifically the daughter of Nelson A. Rockefeller, Governor of the State of New York. But tragedy changed the family forever when Mary’s twin brother, Michael Rockefeller, disappeared off the remote coast of New Guinea while collecting Oceanic art for a New York City museum. It was a worldwide front-page news event with repercussions it would take decades to heal: Michael was never found.
When Grief Calls Forth the Healing: A Memoir of Losing a Twin (Open Road Media, June, 2014) is a compelling, spiritually evocative journey through the experience and integration of deep personal loss as it is seen through the unique lens of losing a twin.
When Grief Calls Forth the Healing: A Memoir of Losing a Twin tells the painful, hope-giving story of twin loss and healing. Morgan takes the reader on her journey out of the terrible isolation of becoming a lone twin into healing community and into partnership with her own natural healing process. By coming into relationship to herself, to others and to nature, she is able to heal her grief and claim a new relationship to her twin brother.
This story of twin bereavement has universal meaning, for it becomes a magnifying glass for the grieving issues in any deeply bonded relationship. It highlights and brings understanding to some of the most important healing and grieving issues that all people will face in their lives when they lose someone they deeply relate to and love. In this compelling narrative, Morgan provides fascinating insight into the subject of bereavement. Through her personal and professional experiences as a psychotherapist, Morgan discusses her work with the twin survivors of the 9/11 World Trade Center disaster and the healing benefits of imagery developed from the work of Carl Jung. And she reveals our culture’s deep fear of not only death, but grief itself.
The book opens with a play between the family’s futile search for Michael in New Guinea and recounting exquisite childhood memories that unpack the fascinating bonded relationship of twins–the secret names, the effortless exchange of being with someone who knows you in a way that no one else ever could or will. Losing anyone close is like losing a part of ourselves. Losing a twin is like losing an entire identity. What followed was Mary Morgan’s 27-year repression of her grief and an unconscious denial of her twin’s death, which haunted her relationships and controlled her life.
A beautifully honest story that sheds light on the isolation and anguish of personal loss, Morgan’s story is finally hopeful, as it uncovers a universal “natural healing imperative,” supported through personal connection and community. Her memoir will resonate with anyone who has lost a loved one.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Mary Rockefeller Morgan, L.M.S.W., holds a Master’s Degree in Clinical Social Work from Columbia University, and is a certified guide and trainer in Spontaneous Interactive Imagery. She lectures on the subject of twin loss and led a bereavement group for those whose twin died in the 9/11 World Trade Center disaster. She conducts bereavement workshops at the Twinless Twins Support Group International conferences and delivered their keynote speech in 2003, 2004, 2006, 2009 and will deliver it again in 2014. Ms. Morgan has worked as a therapist at the Jewish Board of Family and Children Services and has been in private practice since 1991, specializing in twin loss and bereavement counseling. Mary R. Morgan is also Executive Producer of a forthcoming documentary on genetic determinism and the American dream. She is married and has three children and seven grandchildren.
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The Real Food Revolution
We Americans love our food. It’s part of what has made this nation great. Our fertile farmlands and the abundance and variety of our agricultural output are the envy of the world. For most of our history, we lived close to the land, food was accessed locally, and we processed it in our own kitchens. But as our population and economy boomed in the last century and we concentrated in the cities, we industrialized our food system—with food coming far from home and processed multiple times. As foods rich in natural taste declined, we relied on high amounts of added sugar, fat, and salt to entice our palates. And it has taken a toll: our soil is polluted, our practices are unsustainable, and our health problems, including everything from allergy-related disease to obesity, are on the rise. This has all contributed to historic levels of heart disease, stroke, diabetes, and other causes of preventable death.
The good news is that people are starting to find solutions. They’re voting with their pocketbooks for a new kind of food system—family farm, 21st century style. Suburban and urban moms (and dads) want to know what’s in their food and where it comes from. No more snack packs, Ding Dongs, and soda for lunch. This revolution is not only in how people eat, but also in how they are grow, distribute, shop for, and prepare food. And the food is better tasting, better looking, and better for you.
The Real Food Revolution (Hay House / October 14, 2014) by Congressman Tim Ryan is a manifesto for this new food movement.
Readers will find information on:
- The history and current state of our food systems
- Myriad negative impacts of our present food practices on our health and our planet
- Pros and cons of the current farm bill and what changes could help restore our nation
- What’s happening both at the national and local levels
- How people can get involved, with actionable steps at the end of each chapter
This is a non-partisan, good news message that will inform, inspire, and help readers around the country get involved. The era of the Twinkie and the hot-dog-stuffed-crust pizza has been fun, but now it’s time for a change.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Tim Ryan was first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 2002, at the age of 29, and is currently serving in his fifth term representing Ohio’s 17th Congressional District. He maintains a strong commitment to the economic and social well-being of his constituents in northeast Ohio. He serves as a member of the House Armed Services Committee, as well as its Subcommittees on Readiness and on Emerging Threats and Capabilities.
He also serves as a member of the House Budget Committee and co-chairman of the Congressional Manufacturing Caucus.
Congressman Ryan has a daily mindfulness meditation practice. He has been an outspoken advocate for promoting mindfulness practice as an aid to dealing with the variety of complex problems facing the nation. During his tenure in the House, he has helped to get mindfulness and social and emotional learning programs established in several schools in his district. He also spearheaded a conference at a medical school in his district on Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction.
Congressman Ryan is a 4-time recipient of the Golden Triangle Award, the National Farmers Union’s highest legislative honor. The award is presented to members of Congress who have demonstrated leadership and support policies that benefit America’s family farmers, ranchers, fishermen and rural communities.
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Wednesday Martin
“If anthropologist Jane Goodall had landed on Park Avenue with a Birkin bag instead of the wilds of Tanzania with a notebook, this is the book she would have written…a smart, funny, and original dissection of the tribal rites of rich and striving New Yorkers.”—Steven Gaines, author of Philistines at the Hedgerow
What happens when a modern Dian Fossey moves to the social jungle of Manhattan’s most exclusive zip code…and raises her children there?
When Wednesday Martin arrived on the Upper East Side with her husband and young son, she discovered a tight tribe of glamorous, uber-wealthy mommies with sharp elbows and massive ambitions. In a world where morning greetings went unreturned, getting play dates was a blood sport, and even walking down the sidewalk was an exercise in dominance and submission, she was a culture-shocked outcast. Using her background in anthropology and primatology to find her footing, she made like Goodall in Gombe, observing mating practices, display rituals, and moms acting like olive baboons at school drop-off. She channeled Margaret Mead to understand the tribe’s seasonal migrations, cultish exercise rites, and her own overpowering desire to possess a fetish handbag. But she also saw that not even sky-high penthouses and chauffeured SUVs could protect this ecologically released tribe from calamity. When Wednesday’s life turned upside down, she learned how deep the bonds of female friendship really are.
I absolutely loved this memoir and could not put it down! It’s incredibly clever…astonishingly illuminating. Somehow, Martin manages to be caustically perceptive but also generous, funny, moving, and erudite all at the same time. This is one of the most fascinating books I’ve read in a long time.” — Amy Chua, Yale Law Professor and author of Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother and The Triple Package
“When mean girls and wannabes grow up, they become the women so perfectly depicted in Wednesday Martin’s funny and intelligent memoir. How wonderful that she survived the jungle of Park Avenue with strong female friendships intact.” —Rosalind Wiseman, author of Queen Bees and Wannabes
“Wednesday Martin’s blissfully funny memoir is also the definitive guide to survival on the Upper East Side—or wherever there are social ladders to climb. What a fresh new voice!” —Molly Jong-Fast, author of The Social Climber’s Handbook
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Victoria Tennant
In the 1930s and ’40s, the Ballets Russes de Monte Carlo toured the United States and the world, introducing many to ballet as an art form, while spreading the enduring image of the ballerina as an embodiment of feminine grace and sophistication. This sumptuous, illustrated history tells the story of the rise of modern ballet and its popularity through the lushly photographed life story of one of ballet’s most glamorous stars, Irina Baronova (1919–2008), prima ballerina for the Ballets Russes de Monte Carlo and later for Ballet Theatre in New York.
Drawing on rare photographs, letters, correspondence, oral histories, and interviews, in Irina Baronova and the Ballets Russes de Monte Carlo (October 15, 2014), Baronova’s daughter, the actress Victoria Tennant, warmly recounts Baronova’s dramatic life, from her earliest aspirations to her grueling time on tour to her later years in Australia as a pioneer of the art . She begins with the Baronov family’s flight from Russia during the Revolution, which led them eventually to Paris, where at the age of thirteen, Baronova became a star, chosen by the legendary George Balanchine to join the Ballets Russes. Tennant provides an intimate account of Baronova’s life as a dancer and rare behind-the-scenes stories of life on the road with the stars of the company. The story of Irina Baronova is also the story of the rise of ballet thanks to the Ballets Russes, who brought the magisterial beauty and star power of dance to big cities and small towns alike.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Victoria Tennant played the title role in her first film, The Ragman’s Daughter, in 1972, and she has since then gone on to work in film, television, theater, and radio, receiving Emmy and Golden Globe nominations. She lives in Los Angeles.
Advance Praise
“My friend Irina Baronova was a legendary Baby Ballerina of the Ballets Russes and an ambassador of classical ballet in America, but this book shows us the kind, funny, and hardworking woman behind the legend. She was a total pro and an elegant human being. If it’s possible, I’m more in awe than ever.”—Mikhail Baryshnikov
“As a dancer myself, I connected deeply to Baronova’s words about what it’s like to feel in your soul the extremes of sacrifice, familial rivalry, and tremendous love that come from committing oneself to the art form. These pages made me realize how lucky we are now, we American dancers, because of the pioneering energy and sheer strength of Baronova and the other great dancers of the Ballets Russes who performed tirelessly night after night, stirring and thrilling hearts in every tiny pocket of America. It is something that should never be forgotten and should be instilled in all young dancers. We could never enjoy the careers we have today without these artists paving the way for us. I really couldn’t put this book down. I was in tears.”—Wendy Whelan, New York City Ballet
“This is a beautiful record of the twentieth century lived through dance. It is illuminating and passionate and vivid: imagine Nabokov’s Speak Memory photographed and choreographed. I loved it.”—Edmund De Waal, author of The Hare with Amber Eyes
“The passionate life story of the beautiful and dedicated Russian prima ballerina, Irina Baronova, is tenderly recounted by her daughter with wonderful photographs and vivid detail.”—Anjelica Huston
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The Mother Court
“This lively account of the nation’s oldest, and perhaps its most exciting, trial court, chronicling the Communist trials of the hysterical McCarthy era, the exposing of America to the literature of sex, prosecutions of Mafia cartels, and sensational libel cases, is peppered with the perceptive observations of a wise, experienced litigator.” — Pierre N. Leval, United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
“A delightful, intelligent read. Jim Zirin’s sparkling account of life in the Second Circuit’s famed MOTHER COURT is informative, riveting, accessible, and uplifting. It would be criminal not to read this book.” — Linda Fairstein, New York Times bestselling author and former prosecutor
The American justice system, which is the envy of the world, is based on a fair and impartial trial process and the concept of equal justice under law. America’s greatest trial court continues to be the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, where the most celebrated trials of the 20th century occurred that became a metaphor for transformational changes in American society. Lawyers call it the “Mother Court,” our country’s oldest federal court. Created in 1789, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York antedates the U.S. Supreme Court. One of the first lawyers admitted to practice was Aaron Burr. Now, in The Mother Court: Tales of Cases That Mattered in America’s Greatest Trial Court (American Bar Association; June 2014; $29.95), James D. Zirin — appointed by the legendary U.S. Attorney Robert Morgenthau as a federal prosecutor — shares his fascinating insights into the premier crucible of justice, beginning with the crucial period in the nation’s history, the Cold War era of the 1950s, up to the present.
From racketeering and mobsters to censorship and national security, the Mother Court and these cases for the ages are interwoven and interconnected with the America we know today. Astute and perceptive, Zirin examines the Mother Court’s influence on profound issues — internal security, organized crime, terrorism, obscenity, white-collar crime, libel, official corruption, and press freedoms. It is the court that convicted Russian spies Ethel and Julius Rosenberg and freed Joyce’sUlysses, the sexually explicit film “I Am Curious Yellow,” and the Pentagon Papers from the censor’s grip. Taking us inside the major cases that unfolded during a time of tremendous change in American society, The Mother Court includes the “Red Scare” trial of Alger Hiss; Roy Cohn, Communist hunter of the McCarthy era; the sensational libel cases of Ariel Sharon and Time magazine; General Westmoreland and CBS; the libel action of Senator Barry Goldwater against eroticist Ralph Ginzburg; the government obscenity suit against the film “Deep Throat,” and Mayor Giuliani’s effort in 1999 to close down the Brooklyn Museum. There are notorious trial incidents, involving storied judges who made an indelible impact on justice in America.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
James D. Zirin is a leading litigator who has appeared in federal and state courts around the nation. He hosts the critically acclaimed cable TV talk show “Conversations in the Digital Age.” A former Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, his op-ed articles have appeared in theLos Angeles Times, The Times (London), The Washington Times, Forbes, and Barron’s. Capturing the unique traditions and contributions of the Mother Court, and sounding a wake-up call lest we lose something significant in the quality of justice, James D. Zirin provides an engrossing read in The Mother Court.
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The Glass Closet
“I wish I had been brave enough to come out earlier during my tenure as chief executive of BP. I regret it to this day. I know that if I had done so I would have made more of an impact for other gay men and women. It is my hope that the stories in this book will give some of them the courage to make an impact of their own.”—John Browne
Today gay men and women in the Western world enjoy greater acceptance and more legal protection than ever before. Yet an alarming number of businessmen and women choose to remain closeted at work. In The Glass Closet, John Browne, the former chief executive of BP, argues that whether you’re lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or straight, it’s better for you and your business when you bring your authentic self to work.
Browne draws on the latest research, his own experience as a closeted gay man in the oil industry and interviews with gay and lesbian leaders to expose the lingering culture of homophobia in corporations around the world, and to give courage and inspire the LGBT community to share who they are with their employers and co-workers. Courageous and thought provoking, this call-to-arms demonstrates that the hidden cost of hidden lives is far greater than we think.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
John Browne (Lord Browne of Madingley) was CEO of BP from 1995 – 2007, where he built a reputation as a visionary leader, transforming BP into one of the world’s largest companies. He was the President of the Royal Academy of Engineering, is a Fellow of the Royal Society, a foreign member of the U.S. Academy of Arts and Sciences and Chairman of the Trustees of the Tate Galleries. He holds degrees from Cambridge and Stanford Universities, was knighted in 1998, and made a life peer in 2001. He is now a Partner at Riverstone Holdings, and the author of the memoir Beyond Business and of Seven Elements That Changed the World.
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Ultimate Gaming
On April 30, 2013, Ultimate Gaming made history by becoming the first licensed gaming company to offer legal, real-money online casino-style gaming in the U.S. when it launched Ultimate Poker (UltimatePoker.com) in Nevada. On Nov. 26, 2013, Ultimate Gaming made history again by becoming one of the first companies to offer real-money online casino-style games in New Jersey.
ABOUT TOM BREITLING
Tom Breitling is Co-founder of Fertitta Interactive, an online gaming company, and Co-founder and Chairman of Ultimate Gaming, a real money and social gaming company.
In 2011, Breitling oversaw the purchase of CyberArts Licensing LLC (CyberArts) by Fertitta Interactive. CyberArts provides online gaming solutions and is based in Oakland, California (USA). Through CyberArts, Ultimate Gaming will continue to work towards creating innovative online products, which help revolutionize in the industry. This includes virtual games such as poker and other traditional casino games. In June 2012, Fertitta Interactive launched its real-money and social gaming company, Ultimate Gaming, an online gaming business it has been developing since its acquisition of CyberArts Licensing LLC.
Breitling published his autobiography, Double or Nothing, in 2007 and worked at Wynn Resorts with Steve Wynn from 2008 to 2010.
Breitling lives with his wife and three daughters in Las Vegas.
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The Exercise Cure
What if there were a drug to treat every illness, across all body systems, proven potent against heart disease, depression, arthritis, PMS and erectile dysfunction — even in chronic diseases such as asthma, dementia, and certain types of cancer? What if it had no side effects, was completely free, readily available, and worked for everyone? Every single person who took it decreased her risk of premature death and raised his quality of life. Would you want it?
In a healthcare system that spends 17% of GDP, roughly $2.7 trillion, mostly on disease treatment, how do we save money and prevent illness? By increasing the use of the world’s most effective preventive medicine:exercise.
Jordan D. Metzl, MD, explains how everyone can maximize their daily dose in his groundbreaking new book, The Exercise Cure: A Doctor’s All-Natural, No-Pill Prescription for Better Health and Longer Life (Rodale Books; December 2013; ISBN 978-1-62336-010-8 Hardcover; $26.99; 304 pages; also available as an eBook). In The Exercise Cure, Dr. Metzl — nationally renowned sports medicine physician — offers malady-specific and well-researched exercise prescriptions to help readers stay healthy, heal disease, drop pounds, increase longevity, and transform their lives.
Today’s medical system is largely focused on fixing rather than preventing problems, and many treatments carry significant side effects. Cholesterol-lowering drugs such as Lipitor and Crestor are linked to frequent muscle and joint problems, anti-hypertensive drugs like Beta-blockers cause headaches and diminished energy, and Prozac and other popular anti-depressant medications carry multiple consequences including sexual dysfunction. Dr. Metzl knows that exercise is inexpensive, powerful medicine that has benefits in prevention and treatment of disease without disturbing side effects. Even in older adults, daily exercise has been found to prevent dementia by generating neuron development in the hippocampus, the memory center of the brain.
Combining the latest data and his proven motivational skills, Dr. Metzl addresses the common maladies troubling millions. He discusses our cardiovascular, pulmonary, metabolic, musculoskeletal, neurologic, reproductive, and endocrinologic body systems, with special sections on sleep problems and cancer prevention, presenting the science behind the role of exercise as medicine. Then, he details fun, fat-torching, life-prolonging workouts that can be tailored easily to any fitness level, beginner to advanced, and provides nutritional information, including meal plans for healthy eating and disease prevention, as well.
ABOUT JORDAN METZL
Jordan D. Metzl, MD, is a nationally known sports medicine physician at New York City’s Hospital for Special Surgery, author of The Athlete’s Book of Home Remedies, an eleven-time Ironman triathlete and a 30-time marathoner. He appears repeatedly on New York Magazine’s esteemed Best Doctors list, is a regular guest on the “Today” show and has contributed to “Good Morning America,” The New York Times, and National Public Radio. He also developed the Ironstrength workout designed to build kinetic chain strength that has been performed by millions of athletes around the world. He lives in New York City.
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The Doors: Unhinged
There are some of us out there who still have principles and cannot be bought. John is one of them. He is not for sale and that is his gift to us.
–Tom Waits, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame musician
In the late 1960s, America was in political and cultural revolt. The Doors weren’t just a soundtrack to that revolution. Their music gave it a voice. They lived by its ideals. And in a garage in Venice, CA, the four members of the band agreed to a business relationship that was also revolutionary; each member of the band would share equal songwriting credit and equal veto power. All for one, one for all. And for almost forty years, even after the death of lead singer Jim Morrison, that progressive 60s ethos guided the former band mates in all their decisions. Until one day the spirit of rock ‘n’ roll came up against its biggest nemesis—money—and the legendarily equal relationship between the remaining members of the Doors began to splinter.
Drummer John Densmore’s The Doors: Unhinged is the true story of the court case that put Jim Morrison’s legacy on trial and divided the former band mates in half, with Ray Manzarek and Robby Krieger on one side, and John Densmore and the estate of Jim Morrison on the other.
What is the true price of upholding artistic integrity? Is it $15 million for a Cadillac commercial? For Densmore it was a total of five and a half years of litigation, including three months of trial, a month of waiting for the jury’s verdict, six months till the judge’s final ruling, and half a year before the Supreme Court of California finally rejected Manzarek and Krieger’s appeal. It was the realization that his house and his savings were on the line. It was the loss of his relationship with his former band mates and friends.
The Doors: Unhinged is about the human and artistic cost of what happens when rock ‘n’ roll goes on trial. The book will be available April 17th on Amazon in Kindle and paperback formats, in a hardcover version through Baker & Taylor, as an ebook via Kobo (through local, independent American Booksellers Association bookstores partnering Kobo) and in both paperback and hardcover formats at select independent bookstores. With previously unreleased photos of Jim Morrison, the band, the Morrison family, and the author himself, John Densmore’s second book is a touching, humorous, and often beautiful account of one unlikely hero’s fight to stand up for the spirit of music in the face of greed.
About John Densmore
An original and founding member of the musical group The Doors, John Densmore co-wrote and produced numerous gold and platinum albums and toured the United States, Europe, and Japan. His autobiography, Riders on the Storm, was on the New York Times bestseller list. He was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1993. He has written numerous articles for Rolling Stone, London’s The Guardian, the Nation, LA Times, Chicago Tribune, Huffington Post and the Utne Reader.
In film production, he co-produced “Road to Return,” narrated by Tim Robbins. It won several prestigious national awards and was screened for Congress, resulting in the writing of a bill. He also Executive Produced “Juvies,” narrated by Mark Wahlberg, which aired on HBO. It won numerous awards (2004 IDA for excellence, U.S. International Film Fest–creative excellence).
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The DNA Restart
Millions of people around the world spend their entire lives searching for that one specific diet that will help them lose the unwanted pounds, stop cravings, and improve their overall health. For most, it will prove to be a fruitless search, often resulting in further unwanted weight gain and frustration. And that’s because until now there has never been one single diet that takes people’s unique genes into account.
Award-winning physician, scientist, and New York Times bestselling author Sharon Moalem M.D, Ph.D., has spent the past two decades uncovering the reason why most diets fail: because we’ve been ignoring our genes. In his groundbreaking new book THE DNA RESTART: Unlock Your Personal Genetic Code to Eat for Your Genes, Lose Weight, and Reverse Aging (Rodale Books, September 6 2016) Dr. Moalem lays out the argument that our modern life is simply out of touch with our DNA—we’ve turned our backs on the wisdom contained within our 3 billion letter genetic code that our forbearers spent thousands of generations carefully annotating and preparing for us.
Recent stories and studies (such as this one from the New York Times (Sep 2015) have been starting to shed light on the pivotal and crucial role genes play in the journey to ideal weight and health (i.e. what might be good for some, may not be good for all). Dr. Moalem’s 20 years of genetics research and his travel to five of the world’s continents brings together, for the first time (in book form), what we truly need—genetically, nutritionally and culturally to live a healthier and longer life. The book offers a unique 28-day plan that Dr. Moalem has successfully used with his own patients, as well as himself, and has resulted in profound physical transformations (some of which he recounts in the book).
THE DNA RESTART is divided into five sections, one for each pillar of the plan.
Pillar 1: Eat for Your Genes
In this section, readers will do simple, scientifically-based at-home genetic self-tests (such as the cracker-test, see attached). These are designed to get you eating the amounts of carbs, fats, and proteins that are right for your unique genes. Readers will also take a genetic self test that will determine the amount of alcohol they should be consuming. Depending on the results of these self tests, the book provides specific meal plans, recipes, and dietary guidelines to follow on the DNA Restart.
Pillar 2: Reverse Aging
In this section, Dr. Moalem introduces ways to turn back the hands on all of our genetically-based, biological clocks using dietary and behavioral changes. Based on the most cutting edge medical research available to date, Dr. Moalem’s instructs readers how to follow the DNA Restart behavioral program to upgrade the health of their genomic and mitochondrial DNA. The exercise prescription within the DNA Restart is based upon scientifically validated research which shows how to improve your skin’s overall collagen levels, resulting in firmer, younger looking skin. Research on the genetic health benefits of unique phytonutrients and signature DNA Restart ways of food preparation round out this important pillar.
Pillar 3: Eat Umami (The Fifth Taste)
Umami is a crucial weapon in the DNA Restart weight loss arsenal. Using strategies developed after meeting with numerous chefs of 3-starred Michelin restaurants, this pillar shows how practical, umami-based dietary strategies will leave readers feeling full and more satisfied naturally (both during and long after meals). Readers will learn how our genes evolved over millennia to keep us effortlessly at our ideal weight by relying on natural umami contained within food to trigger long-lasting satiety.
Pillar 4: Drink Oolong Tea
This special and relatively unknown tea has the potential to shift your microbiome in a beneficial direction by promoting microbes that favor health over obesity. Oolong tea helps absorb fat from your diet and targets the stubborn visceral fat, such as belly fat, that we all want less of. Readers will also learn how to brew oolong tea the DNA Restart way to maximize its calorie-free health benefits, which include sharpened cognitive focus and a natural reduction in anxiety levels.
Pillar 5: Slow Living
By combating some of the stressors created by modern living (sleep deprivation, eating too quickly, etc.); this section teaches readers how to recalibrate their lives in order to maximize their genetic potential. Continued stress has the power to potentially change our DNA and what we then pass on to the next generation. Using signature DNA Restart Slow Living techniques, Dr. Moalem’s shows readers how to more mindfully enjoy their food, upgrade their sleep and use easy visualization exercises to curb unwanted cravings so that they can fully harness the potential of their improved genetic health.
The DNA Restart is a truly paradigm-shifting book that is certain to change the conversation about diet, health, and longevity.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
SHARON MOALEM, MD, PhD is an award-winning physician, scientist, inventor, and New York Times bestselling author whose books have been translated into more than 35 languages. He has been awarded more than 25 patents worldwide for his inventions in the fields of biotechnology and human health. Dr. Moalem has also cofounded three biotech companies and has served as an associate editor for the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease. His scientific work led to the discovery of a first-in-class member of a novel class of antibiotic compounds directed against multiresistant or “super-bug” microorganisms such as methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). His clinical work also led to his discovery of two new genetic conditions. Dr. Moalem’s current research focus illuminates how historical nutritional and dietary choices impacted and shaped genetic differences across human populations. Dr. Moalem and his research have been featured on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, Today, CNN, Good Morning America, and in the New York Times, O: The Oprah Magazine, and New Scientist. He lives in New York City.
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Thinking Differently
David Flink, the cofounder of Eye to Eye, a national mentoring program for students with learning and attention issues, has written a pioneering and comprehensive guide, the first of its kind. In his new book Thinking Differently: An Inspiring Guide for Parents of Children with Learning Disabilities (William Morrow paperback original, August 26, 2014), Flink — whose dyslexia and ADHD went undiagnosed until he was in fifth grade — helps parents understand and accept learning disabilities in their children. He provides proven strategies to successfully advocate on their behalf, enable them become their own best advocates, and break the cycle of shame and anxiety they often suffer.Thinking Differently is a comprehensive toolkit for parents of children with learning disabilities. In it, David Flink offers:
- Effective, innovative strategiesand real-world applications for parenting, teaching, and supporting the 20% of young people with learning disabilities, written by a fighter who experienced these struggles firsthand.
- The power of the parent – Advice on getting proper diagnoses, working with teachers to reconstruct the learning environment, and becoming a “change agent.”
- How to teach kids to self-advocate, build their self-esteem, and discover their inner gifts.
- Illustrative stories from his own and other families’ lives.
- An overview of the legal rights and accommodations available to students with learning disabilities, and more.
Thinking Differently, with a foreword by Harold Koplewicz, president of the Child Mind Institute,is an essential, compassionate, practical guide for proactive parents that can help turn a learning “disability” into a learning difference.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
David Flink was a member of the first generation to students to receive accommodations for learning and attention issues. Taking ownership of his different-thinking brain, David began to excel academically and holds a bachelor’s in education and psychology from Brown University and a master’s in dis/Ability studies in education from Columbia University. He lectures globally and is the recipient of numerous awards including Ashoka and Hunt Alternatives Fund Prime Movers fellowships. He lives with his wife in New York City.
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The Creator’s Code
“… I like Amy Wilkinson’s comprehensive, analytical approach. She’s interviewed hundreds of entrepreneurs, and from that data has distilled the skills that allowed them to rise to the top. The good news? These are skills that anyone can develop.” —Daniel H. Pink, author of To Sell is Human and Drive
“This book is the inspiring story of men and women who are changing our world. Amy Wilkinson has cracked their code and given us all ways to join their ranks. This book is a game changer and a life changer.” —Tom Peters, author of The Little Big Things
“Based on 200 interviews with entrepreneurs, this book helps explain the skills needed to be a successful innovator. It’s a great guide filled with smart rules for both starting a business and bringing it to scale.” —Walter Isaacson, author of The Innovators and Steve Jobs
Each of us has the capacity to spot opportunities, invent products, and build businesses—even $100 million businesses. So why do so many start-ups fail?
Now, handing you the keys to turn your ideas into enterprises that endure, in The Creator’s Code (Simon & Schuster; March 2015; $27.00) Amy Wilkinson, a strategic advisor to start-ups and large corporations alike on innovation and business stratagems, unlocks the six essential skills that turn intriguing concepts into successful companies.
For her landmark book, Wilkinson conducted rigorous interviews with 200 of today’s leading entrepreneurs including the founders of LinkedIn, Chipotle, eBay, Under Armour, Tesla Motors, SpaceX, Spanx, Airbnb, PayPal, JetBlue, Gilt Groupe, Theranos, and Dropbox. Setting her work apart, she then drilled down through the latest academic research and analyzed data from across diverse fields, applying scientific methodology to crack the code on what it takes to go from start-up to scale in our rapidly changing economy.
Evaluating companies as diverse as Yelp, Chobani, and Zipcar, Wilkinson found that their creators all share—and have honed—fundamental skills that can be learned, practiced, and passed on. Entrepreneurial success is born of daring, discipline, and the six skills she identifies, proven effective in a variety of endeavors and industries:
- Find the gap: Spot opportunities that others don’t see
- Drive for daylight: Manage speed by focusing on the horizon
- Fly the OODA loop: Master fast-cycle iteration to Observe, Orient, Decide, and Act
- Fail wisely: Set a failure ratio and hone resilience
- Network minds: Harness cognitive diversity to build on each other’s ideas
- Gift small goods: Unleash generosity to increase productivity
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Amy Wilkinson is a strategic adviser, entrepreneur, and lecturer at the Stanford Graduate School of Business. A sought-after speaker, she frequently addresses audiences on entrepreneurial leadership, and advises start-ups and large corporations on innovation and business strategy. She has held leadership roles with McKinsey & Company and J.P. Morgan, and founded a small, foreign-based export company. Wilkinson has served as a White House fellow and special assistant to the United States Trade Representative and as a senior fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School. Learn more at AmyWilkinson.com.
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The Wright Stuff
“Bob Wright makes us realize what great leadership can do … transforming NBC into an extraordinarily international enterprise … (and) bringing to the attention of all, the serious problem of worldwide autism and its calamitous impact on the patients and the families who suffer equally with them.” — Herbert Pardes, M.D., Executive Vice Chairman, New York-Presbyterian Hospital, and former Director, National Institute of Mental Health
Bob Wright completely reinvented network television, in the process saving NBC and revolutionizing the visual broadcast business. He then harnessed his personal pain and concern, and rededicated his life and resources to establish the foremost autism science and advocacy organization, Autism Speaks.
Named president and CEO of NBC at the age of 43, he dodged the cautious corporate eye of GE and set the traditional network on a bold, uncharted course to survive and thrive in the changing cultural and technological landscape. Leading with the foresight to embrace cable and leverage the NBC brand using the power of the internet, Bob launched alternative news channels CNBC and MSNBC, along with MSNBC.com, and created strategic partnerships to transform “the peacock” into a $45 billion giant.
As Bob’s corporate career was closing on a high, his family was struggling. A baffling condition had turned his bright, talkative, and engaging grandson Christian into an increasingly ill, distant, and agitated toddler. Finally, physicians diagnosed autism—then poorly understood—and “basically said good-bye and good luck,” Bob’s wife, Suzanne, remembers. Always one to forge ahead toward solutions, Bob, together with the charismatic, compassionate Suzanne, founded Autism Speaks, which soon became the principal advocacy and research funding organization for this condition that so devastates families.
Now, in his new book The Wright Stuff: From NBC to Autism Speaks (Rosetta Press; April 2016), Bob Wright delivers his inspiring and instructive story. It is a fascinating insider’s look at revitalizing a business sector in an era of opportunity-filled, disruptive change; a mentor’s guide offering successful leadership strategies; and a deeply personal, compelling memoir of building a research and advocacy organization from the ground up.
ABOUT THE AUTHORS
Bob Wright served as Vice Chairman and Executive Officer of General Electric, President and Chief Executive Officer of NBC, and as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of NBC Universal. Autism Speaks, founded by Bob and his wife, Suzanne, has led the way for more than a decade in global autism research, advocacy, and support services. He has received numerous awards and accolades for philanthropy and community service. He serves on the boards of Polo Ralph Lauren Corporation, AMC Networks Inc., and is a Trustee of the New York Presbyterian hospital. He is also Chairman and CEO of the Palm Beach Civic Association and Senior Advisor of Thomas H. Lee Capital.
Diane Mermigas is an award-winning business reporter and analyst whose long-running column and cutting-edge interviews with leading industry executives have appeared in The Hollywood Reporter, Advertising Age and its former sister publication Electronic Media, and elsewhere. She is a conference speaker, consultant, and adjunct professor on digital media business strategies and trends, most recently at DePaul University. She resides in Chicago and Boston.
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The Angel’s Lamp
“The Angel’s Lamp is storytelling at its finest, fusing fact and fiction to create a grim, yet darkly romantic, portrait of the 1916 Easter Rising in Dublin. Ashby Jones’s masterfully drawn, memorable characters and his cinematic eye make this tale powerful and brutally human. The story unfolds, one heart-pounding paragraph after another… rich with poetic beauty and emotion… written in vivid detail, highlighting the grit and glory and passion that were the earmarks of the Irish Independence movement.” —Linda Bruckheimer, bestselling author and philanthropist
It was bold and bloody and resulted in questions of responsibility and redemption that remain unresolved. In the 1916 Easter Rising in Dublin, an overpowering British military battered the determined Irish rebels who stood and died, waiting for the popular support that did not immediately materialize. The Rebellion’s leaders were captured, executed, and buried in an unmarked mass grave, but the movement toward Irish independence had been set in motion.
Next April 24th marks the 100th anniversary of the Easter Rising, when Irish nationalists initially seized strategic buildings in Dublin, declared the formation of the Irish Republic and proclaimed sovereignty. More than a million Irish Americans are expected to commemorate the Centenary of this event, which with renowned repercussions led to a treaty establishing the Irish Free State—today’s Republic of Ireland—in 1922.
Now, in The Angel’s Lamp (Top Hat Books; February 2016), Ashby Jones brilliantly weaves fact and fiction to create a compelling “faction” novel of honor, love, betrayal, and deliverance. In this dark, yet liberating work of romantic historical fiction, he illuminates the turbulent times and the people—the infamous and brutal Black and Tans, the volunteer women of the Cumann na mBan, the commoners on both sides deeply affected by the revolution, and rebel leaders such as Patrick Pearse, Countess Markievicz, Michael Collins and Sean McDermott, among others.
Johnny Flynn, Irish-born and raised, moves to England with his family and becomes staff sergeant in charge of the Rebellion’s soon-to-be executed principals. Guarding the uprising’s charismatic leader, James Connolly, Johnny is torn by his duty to the British military, his honor to his home country, and the call of his heart after meeting Nora, Connolly’s firebrand daughter.
Under the threat of death, Johnny is unexpectedly summoned to serve on Connolly’s firing squad. Ridden with guilt, feeling a traitor to his heritage, and hearing Connolly’s last cry, “Shoot straight, Johnny Flynn,” as an appeal for him to find his moral compass, he deserts the British Army and joins the ragtag Irish rebels. Fate catches Johnny in the crosshairs between his love for Nora, now a rebel, and an act of kindness toward his best friend Ryan Dahl, a Britsh soldier, who is captured and shut away to die. The fiery emotional conflict that follows pits the possibilities of love against the unyielding obstacles to forgiveness.
The stories of the Rising and the ensuing War of Independence have been handed down through the generations of Irish expatriates. Some 40 million Americans claim Irish ancestry and the issues raised by these events are as alive as ever, with the many moral and religious concerns still debated. The conflict of the human heart is ongoing; some who have erred plead for forgiveness, others feel they have done everything possible to earn redemption. The collision of all these forces results in an explosive story that challenges the emotions of the reader.
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THE ANGEL IN MY POCKET
“What we do when the unthinkable happens? We have choices, of course. We can break, become tough, allow cynicism to seep into all our broken places. Or, as Sukey Forbes illustrates in this remarkable book, grief can kick the door wide open and let the light in. The Angel In My Pocket is a devastating and beautiful paean to the human spirit.” —Dani Shapiro, author of Family History and Devotion
The Angel In My Pocket: A Story of Love, Loss, and Life After Death, (Viking; On sale July 7, 2014; 9780670026319; $27.95) by Sukey Forbes, is the profoundly moving story of a mother’s unconventional path to healing after the death of her young daughter. Told with unflinching honesty and hard-won wisdom, Forbes’s memoir is a powerful story of rediscovering life by discovering the afterlife, coping with the pain of loss, and recapturing the joy of living.
When Forbes lost her six-year-old daughter Charlotte to a rare genetic disorder, life as she knew it was shattered. Even as she was devastated by her loss, Forbes knew her own life was not over, and she searched for a way to both come to terms with her daughter’s death, and find a way back to a full, meaningful life. The door to both these paths opened when Forbes found a prominent medium who helped her connect with Charlotte on the other side. With the medium’s help, Forbes found reassurance that Charlotte was not truly gone, but rather existed on a different part of the continuum of life and death. These experiences gave Forbes the comfort and peace she needed to march once more into life, aware of all it might hold in store for her. She was determined that she and her family not just survive their loss, but thrive.
The Angel In My Pocket details Forbes’s entire journey from despair to a state of resilience and grace. Forbes’s family traditions played a strong, if contradictory, role in how she processed her daughter’s death. As the descendant of two of New England’s oldest and most distinguished families (that includes Ralph Waldo Emerson, Forbes’s great-great-great grandfather), Forbes was raised in a rarified world of threadbare privilege that valued emotional reserve and strict self-reliance. There is also, however, a widespread belief in ghosts—especially those that haunt Naushon Island, a 6,000 acre family property off of Cape Cod that has remained largely unchanged since its purchase by her family in 1843. The Island is filled with history, artifacts, and the visible presence of departed ancestors.
In the immediate aftermath of Charlotte’s death, the austerity of her WASP-y upbringing prevented Forbes from fully expressing her grief. She returned to Naushon for the solace of the island’s other-worldly beauty and in digging through the family archives, discovered a surprising number of her ancestors who believed in reincarnation and studied mysticism. She found further kinship with the philosophies of Ralph Waldo Emerson, whose son—similar to Charlotte—died at the age of six. Buoyed by the revelation that her family was as spiritually eccentric as it was stoic and reserved, Forbes became determined to break through her conditioned responses and embrace the complexities and legacy of her heritage.
The Angel In My Pocket is an empowering and enlightening look at one woman’s complicated and uncommon route through grief. Forbes is heir to a lost American spiritual tradition that allowed her to look optimistically at life in the face of death. Like The Still Point of the Turning World and Proof of Heaven, Forbes’s story offers hope and help to anyone who is grieving the loss of a loved one.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Sukey Forbes currently lives near Boston, where she runs an art, antiques, and interior design company. Read more about Sukey here.
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The Allergy Solution
A Toronto Star Bestseller
“A fantastic voyage to an uncharted understanding of ourselves and our personal environment that will change many readers’ lives.” — Mehmet Oz, M.D.
“Leo Galland and Jonathan Galland unite two important initiatives: how to use science to heal the body and how to live in harmony with nature.” — Deepak Chopra, M.D.
“The Allergy Solution is a game changer!” — David Perlmutter, M.D.
“Dr. Galland’s wisdom has changed my life.” — Susan Sarandon, Academy Award Winning Actress
Americans are suffering from an allergy epidemic. Studies show that spring allergies are getting worse every year. Why? And not only are allergies making us miserable, they can be making us fatter. Just fifty years ago, 1 in 30 people had allergies. Today, that number is 1 in 3.
With The Allergy Solution (May 10, 2016; Hay House), award-winning doctor Leo Galland, M.D., reveals the shocking rise of hidden allergies that lead to unexplained weight gain, anxiety, fatigue, ADHD, depression, digestive problems, and much more. He presents remarkable research showing how each of these is linked to the immune imbalance at the root of allergies, and offers his proven plan to reverse allergies without drugs.
Pollution, unhealthy eating habits, stress and overuse of antibiotics can all inflame allergies. The Allergy Solution takes an in-depth look at how readers can rebuild their immunity through nutrition and lifestyle. It lays out an easy nutritional program, starting with a 3-Day Power Wash designed to “clear the tracks,” to help take back control.
Dr. Galland’s clinical experience and unique insights into cutting-edge science will guide those who suffer from known allergies and unexplained illness back to health. Among other issues, he can discuss:
- Is a Hidden Allergy Making You Fat? – A Yale University study shows that prescription antihistamines can be linked to increased body weight.
- The Power of Good Bacteria – Recent research shows that good bacteria can actually shift the immune system and lessen allergy symptoms, improving how you feel.
- The Toxic Elephant in Your Home – Are your cleaning products or your morning routine of chemical-laced shampoo, shaving cream, and moisturizers making you ill?
- Driving Under the Influence of Allergies – Pollen allergies are comparable to having two alcoholic cocktails before taking the wheel, according to research.
- Climate Change Increases Pollen Counts – Air pollution and global warming boost the amount of pollen being released by plants, and make the pollen more toxic, worsening allergies at an alarming rate.
ABOUT THE AUTHORS
Leo Galland, M.D., a board-certified internist, is a recognized world leader in integrated medicine. Educated at Harvard University and the NYU School of Medicine, he won the Linus Pauling Award for his trailblazing vision that created a bold new approach toward healing. Author of The Fat Resistance Diet, Power Healing, and Superimmunity for Kids, he is the director of the Foundation for Integrated Medicine, a nonprofit educational organization. He has appeared on the TODAY show, Good Morning America, PBS, CNN, MSNBC, and Fox. Learn more at drgalland.com.
Jonathan Galland, J.D., is a leader in integrated health education who writes for the Huffington Post and MindBodyGreen. He is CEO of Pill Advised, a website that brings together integrated medicine and environmental health.
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The Ables
CinemaSins and its co-founder Jeremy Scott have an incredible story to tell. CinemaSins is securely positioned in the top 1% of all YouTube channels and Scott is a bold new voice in fantasy and sci-fi fiction. Within 24 hours of being announced, his upcoming book The Ables (Clovercroft Publishing May 2015) became the #1 Barnes & Noble bestseller, the #1 Amazon Hot New Release, and the #1 title on Amazon Movers & Shakers.
A YouTube channel dedicated to movie-related comedy — “No movie is without sin. We exist mostly just to remind you of that” — CinemaSins burst onto screens in 2013 and has not stopped garnering praise, new views, and a strong and dedicated following. Amassing over 3.8 million subscribers in just two years, garnering 40 million+ monthly views, and picking up 200,000 new subscribers each month, it enjoys one of the most obsessive cult followings online. It is regularly featured by People, USA Today, Wired, Hollywood Reporter, Huffington Post, Uproxx, Gizmodo, and others.
Skewering movies from “The Hunger Games” and “Toy Story” to “Gravity” and “Frozen,” and capturing the interest and participation of the likes of Neil DeGrasse Tyson, CinemaSins is one of the fastest growing YouTube channels. Each episode averages 1.6 million views and the channel now has more than 2.2 billion total minutes watched.
The CinemaSins brand includes CinemaSins Jeremy, Music Video Sins (“Everything Wrong with Taylor Swift”), and Brand Sins.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Jeremy Scott, a writer and entertainer from Nashville who is already a widely popular storyteller as the narrator of the CinemaSins videos, quickly evolved into an Interweb Pied Piper. Tweeting @CinemaSins, Scott has 46.2K followers and has written a fast-paced, captivating debut novel to be published in May. With a foreword by Kevin Smith, The Ables tells the story of a blind superhero, Phillip Sallinger. Phillip, with his friends from the “special ed” class for disabled empowered kids, is bullied, threatened, and betrayed, even as they—calling themselves the Ables—find ways to maximize their powers to overcome their disabilities, and are the first to identify the growing evil threatening humanity.
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The Truth About Men and Sex
“A courageous and revealing exploration of male sexuality … A must-read for men and the women who care about them.” —Keith Ablow, MD, New York Times bestselling author
“Dr. Morgentaler has done it again! The courageous Harvard professor takes the reader into the privacy of the examining room to learn about the taboo topic of male sexuality. A must-read for both sexes!”—Suzanne Somers, lecturer and New York Times bestselling author
“An enlightening new book.”—Cosmopolitan Magazine
“Morgentaler’s experienced perspective comes across in his writing and will appeal to a wide audience. Eye opening and never dull, this is a book both male and female readers interested in medicine, sexuality, gender issues, and relationships will enjoy.”—Library Journal
What we think we know about men and sex is wrong, stuck in macho stereotypes and absurd porn scripts and imagery. How do men really feel?
Now, Harvard’s Dr. Abraham Morgentaler offers a unique view of men, sex, and relationships—a true perspective on authentic male sexuality, and one that has never been given before. It provides stunning new ways of understanding men, and it’s already changing women’s perspectives on their men, Viagra, and penile implants, and increasing their enthusiasm and insights on how to improve their personal and sexual relationships with men.
In The Truth About Men and Sex: Intimate Secrets from the Doctor’s Office (St. Martin’s Griffin; March 2015), Dr. Morgentaler presents insights from the revelations of men in real-life situations. Once his examination room door closed, men felt safe to drop their protective bravado, hoping he could help them. They opened up with an unexpected depth of feeling. Dr. Morgentaler learned the fascinating, surprising, and often affirming truth.
In this age of Viagra, testosterone, and yes, even penile implants, we know astoundingly little of true male sexuality. Dr. Morgentaler, with more than a quarter century of medical practice specializing in the treatment of men with sexual and reproductive conditions, was honored with his patients’ trust. He now shares a remarkable understanding of what sex means to a man.
The Truth About Men and Sex reveals the compelling, nuanced, and unanticipated world of men’s feeling about their sexuality—straight, gay, or transgendered.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Dr. Abraham Morgentaler, MD, FACS, is an Associate Clinical Professor of Urology at Harvard Medical School and the founder of Men’s Health Boston, a medical practice for male sexual and reproductive disorders. He is the author of three previous books and his work has appeared in the New England Journal of Medicine, The New Yorker and The Wall Street Journal, among others. He researches, lectures internationally, and sees a limited number of patients via his new program, Personalized Men’s Health.
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TERMINAL CITY
“Gripping…The tour of Midtown, both above and below ground, is alone worth the price of admission.” –Publishers Weekly
“The real star of the series is Manhattan itself. Fairstein describes both the train station and some of Manhattan’s iconic eateries in loving detail, giving readers a glimpse of NYC’s glamour as well as its dark side.” –Booklist
New York Times bestseller Linda Fairstein has set her thrillers in some of New York’s most famous landmarked locations. From the treacherous waters swirling around Gracie Mansion to the remote caves within Central Park, Fairstein’s crime novels reveal the dark secrets concealed within these familiar sites. This summer, she goes to the heart of Manhattan and explores the mysteries of one of its most iconic buildings, Grand Central Terminal, in Terminal City (Dutton; On-sale: June 17, 2014).
Grand Central is one of the most famous structures in the world. More than 750,000 people pass through the station daily – many to marvel at its century-old architecture, enjoy its majestic celestial ceiling, and eat at the famed Oyster Bar. But few know the secrets that lie behind its elegant façade. There are sub-basement rooms that don’t appear on any blueprint or floor-plan, hidden staircases, catwalks that soar twenty stories above the famed concourse, and remote train platforms reserved for heads of state. All this, accessed by miles upon miles of underground tunnels, full of unimaginable dangers – making the terminal the perfect setting for a chilling mystery. And no one can tell it better than former Manhattan prosecutor Linda Fairstein.
Terminal City opens with the shocking discovery of a young woman’s body in the famed Waldorf Astoria hotel. The killer’s signature may be a symbol that resembles train tracks that he has carved into her skin – and which appear on another victim, even closer to Grand Central, within days of the first murder. Assistant DA Alex Cooper and NYPD homicide detective Mike Chapman, in their hunt for the elusive killer, have added pressure when the President of the United States makes plans to arrive at the great terminal for a meeting at the United Nations. Is the murderer picking his victims for a personal reason, or is his target the colossal train station itself, along with the hundreds of thousands of people who use it daily? With their personal relationship strained, Cooper and Chapman must work together to find a killer in a space so vast that he or she could easily hide in plain sight.
As is her trademark, Fairstein transforms Grand Central from a Manhattan landmark into a vibrant, even sinister character in her sixteenth novel, Terminal City. Like a commuter rushing for the last train, readers will race along with Cooper and Chapman, learning the glamorous history of the magnificent building as they’re exposed to its dark and deadly underside.
ABOUT THE AUTHORS
Linda Fairstein was the chief of the Sex Crimes Unit of the district attorney’s office in Manhattan for more than two decades and is America’s foremost legal expert on crimes of sexual assault and domestic violence. Her Alexandra Cooper novels are international bestsellers and have been translated into more than a dozen languages. She lives in Manhattan and on Martha’s Vineyard.
Dutton is the U.S. member of the internationally renowned Penguin Group (USA). Dutton is home to many bestselling authors such as Harlan Coben, Ken Follett, Eckhart Tolle, Elizabeth George, Lisa Gardner, Tami Hoag, Eric Jerome Dickey, Linda Fairstein, Julie Garwood, Jonathan Tropper, Timothy Keller, Dan Savage, T. Jefferson Parker, and Kelley Armstrong. Penguin Group (USA) LLC is one of the leading U.S. adult and children’s trade book publishers, owning a wide range of imprints and trademarks, including Viking, G. P. Putnam’s Sons, The Penguin Press, Riverhead Books, Dutton, Penguin Books, Berkley Books, Gotham Books, Portfolio, New American Library, Plume, Tarcher, Philomel, Grosset & Dunlap, Puffin, and Frederick Warne, among others. The Penguin Group (www.penguin.com) is a Penguin Random House company.
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Tamara Mellon
“A journalist at The Sunday Times once wrote that I often seemed ‘less an actual person than the heroine of some dicey Danielle Steel bonkathon.’ … take a plucky heroine, set her on a quest, and then subject her to every villain and viper and obstacle imaginable. Which, I suppose, is not an entirely bad summary of my life so far.”
—Tamara MellonThe sexy, sultry powerhouse who put Jimmy Choos on Carrie Bradshaw, Hollywood’s top leading ladies, and red carpets around the world, then used her business savvy to build a billion-dollar fashion brand and became the subject of worldwide media fascination, is revealing her secrets.
In her candid debut book, In My Shoes: A Memoir (Portfolio/Penguin; October 1, 2013; Hardcover $29.95), Tamara Mellon shares her larger-than-life story, with genuinely shocking insider detail that has never been presented before. Success came at a high price—struggles with an obstinate partner and corporate power plays, a turbulent marriage, and an alcoholic mother who tried to steal her hard-earned wealth.
Her father invested £250,000 to become a partner in Vidal Sassoon, growing it into a global brand. Understated and elegant, he always flew first class, wore bespoke suits, and was part of a group that included Roger Moore, Michael Caine, and Sean Connery. Her mother was a strikingly beautiful woman, a model whose work included a print ad for Chanel. But Mellon’s seemingly glamorous childhood in preferred-postal-code mansions of Beverly Hills and London disguised a tumultuous and broken family life (her mother was prone to inexplicable and deliberate cruelties and rages), battles with anxiety and depression, and prodigious quantities of cocaine and vodka. During a stint in rehab, to punctuate long periods of self-doubt and self-loathing, Mellon considered her “plan”—starting a luxury shoe line. Determined not to end up unemployed, penniless, and living in her parents’ basement under the control of her mother, she honed her natural business sense and invested in what she knew best—fashion.
From her troubled childhood to her time as a young editor at Vogue, to her fifteen years leading Jimmy Choo, to her very public relationships, Jimmy Choo’s problematic eccentricities, becoming a mother, being named the British Prime Minister’s Trade Envoy, and being honored by the Queen with the Order of the British Empire, Mellon offers a gripping, often hilarious, poignant, and remarkable account of the episodes that have made her who she is today.
An inspiring tell-all and tell-how, In My Shoes is a definitive book for fashion aficionados, aspiring entrepreneurs, and anyone who loves a juicy true story about sex, drugs, money, power, high heels, and overcoming adversity.
ABOUT TAMARA MELLON
Tamara Mellon, OBE, has been an international force in the fashion and entrepreneurial worlds since the late 1990s. Beginning with an editorial post at British Vogue, Tamara went on to found Jimmy Choo, serving as the CEO and chief creative officer for one of the most prominent and innovative luxury brands in the world. This November, she will launch Tamara Mellon, a luxury lifestyle brand offering apparel, shoes, handbags, and accessories. She divides her time between London and New York.ABOUT WILLIAM PATRICK
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Siegelvision
Siegelvision is the brainchild of branding and marketing legend Alan Siegel, the former chairman of Siegel & Gale and champion of simplicity in business. Siegelvision specializes in brand and corporate identity consulting founded around the principle of provocative clarity to transform organizations, inspire action and drive results. They have worked with NPR, National Geographic, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Univision, and the Lupus Foundation of America, United Technologies, Cornell College of Engineering, New York University, Urban Institute, among others.
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Suzanne Somers
There is a whole new way to age. I’m sixty-five and I feel great. I’m happy, healthy, I have energy, and my bones are strong. I have perfect memory, and best of all, I have a sex drive!” —Suzanne Somers
Last August, Suzanne Somers, one of America’s most informed and passionate health care advocates and a breast cancer survivor, became the first woman in America to have a breast regrown using her own stem cells in a new clinical trial. In her series of New York Times bestsellers, she has underscored the multiple and continually emerging benefits of bioidentical hormone replacement therapy to turn back the clock on aging.
Now, in her groundbreaking new book, BOMBSHELL: Explosive Medical Secrets That Will Redefine Aging (Crown Archetype; May 8, 2012; $26.00 hardcover), Suzanne Somers redefines aging as we know it. Blasting beyond anti-aging, she takes us to the next step, revealing a brand-new approach to embracing and enjoying aging.
Suzanne makes aging aspirational, living with great health and great looks, disease-free, and with robust energy. She shares a fresh new plan for aging well. You are never too young or too old to take advantage of these strategies, and one thing is very clear; the old model of a nursing home as the inevitable destination is out, for good.
Suzanne interviews medicine’s best and brightest pioneers to craft a plan that will reshape the way we treat, approach, and think about aging. She discusses how to avoid catastrophic events such as heart attacks, crippling autoimmune diseases, and cancer and how we can revitalize our bodies by rejuvenating our weakest organs and glands. She also discusses telomeres—the little “tails” located on the ends of each human cell that act as the aging clock for nearly every cell in our bodies—and supplements that may hold the secret to extreme longevity, and more.
A must-read for every thinking person from age thirty and up, BOMBSHELL is empowering and game changing. Filled with valuable information you won’t get anywhere else, BOMBSHELL also includes Suzanne’s BOMBSHELL Age Reversal Plan, 18 Age-Reversing Ideas to Consider, and Advanced Age Reversal Techniques. Any one of these techniques will help you live longer and better. With Suzanne Somers’s BOMBSHELL, we can pick the treatments and techniques to begin our youthful journey right now.
About Suzanne Somers
Suzanne Somers is one of America’s most popular and beloved personalities. In a multifaceted career that has spanned more than three decades, she has achieved extraordinary success as an actress, singer, comedienne, author, Las Vegas Entertainer of the Year, entrepreneur, and lecturer. A dedicated and informed health advocate, she is the voice and face of alternative medicine. Suzanne has written 24 books, including 13 New York Times bestsellers, five of which were #1 New York Times bestsellers. BOMBSHELL: Explosive Medical Secrets That Will Redefine Aging, was an immediate New York Times bestseller. Suzanne’s fun, smart, empowering talk show, “Suzanne Somers’ Breaking Through,” premiered online on the CafeMom Studios YouTube channel in January 2012. On her weekly Lifetime Network talk show, “The SUZANNE Show,” she provides a thought-provoking morning show alternative with in-depth information on health and wellness in a casual entertaining format.
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Suzanne Somers
We are under the greatest toxin assault in history, and our bodies have reached their tipping point. These toxins are making us tox-sick. Our bodies, especially our livers (our internal filters) are exhausted, and now the tiniest added chemical exposure can launch a plague of “unexplained” symptoms that put us at risk of seemingly unrelated but commonly linked toxic overload conditions: fatigue, migraines, bloating, nausea, arthritis, Crohn’s, brain fog, even autism, ADHD, depression, and cancers.
It’s time to detox your entire life to save it.
Suzanne Somers, bestselling health pioneer and advocate, knows that our well-being and lifespans are in the balance. With aid from respected physicians, she wants to help us avoid tox-sickness from the massive environmental chemical attack that is permeating everyone right to the cell level, including our newborns and children.
Thankfully, it doesn’t take much to turn your life around. There are easy steps to get you back on a good path, boost your health, and help guard from the toxic assault.
That is the life-changing message Suzanne shares in her new book, TOX-SICK: From Toxic to Not Sick (Harmony; April 2015). On a mission to get us on the road to recovery, she interviews leading medical practitioners to explain how we can reshape the way we live to regain control of our health and our future. It’s very personal for Suzanne.
“When our house burned down, we rented,” says Suzanne. “In those next years, my husband, Alan, suffered a chronic sinus infection, facial tics, and then spasms. He was diagnosed twice with pre-Parkinson’s. I was hospitalized in anaphylactic shock and diagnosed with cancer everywhere, ‘never seen so much’ I was told. The doctors were wrong about Alan and me. Fungus in my lungs and intestines read like cancer on a CAT scan. We found that dangerous black mold had permeated the house. We were virtually ‘swimming’ in it, breathing it, exercising in it. We moved out like bandits, did massive detoxing, and reclaimed our health.”
Suzanne then saw her grade-A-achieving granddaughter begin to lose her ability to learn, comprehend, and communicate; another very scary family moment. So, passionate health warrior that she is, she sat down with top environmental doctors and specialists, all experts in the field, who shared eye-opening information and practical advice for how to survive, thrive, and stay healthy today.
We’re surrounded by car exhaust, industrial solvents, plasticizers, paint, scents in detergents and creams, the outgassing of new carpeting, microwaved leftovers wrapped in plastic wrap, pesticide-laden berries. These toxins tend to bioaccumulate, building up in our tissues and cells, lingering and gathering in the fat cells, and we have no idea why we can’t lose weight or why we feel so lousy.
Now, in TOX-SICK, Suzanne shows how we can bulletproof our bodies and homes, and effectively detox all our body systems, including the brain, gut (our second brain), heart, thyroid, and more. She also provides protocols for coming clean: detox techniques, how to make your own probiotics, supplements for survival, as well as safe products and protectors.
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Seven Elements That Have Changed The World
“This book weaves science and humanity together in a way that gives us new insight. This is an expertly crafted book by a unique thinker.” — Tony Blair
“One of Britain’s best-known business leaders back in the thick of the energy debate. His career has been defined by the search for fossil fuel and economic sustainability. Can we have both?” — HARDtalk, BBC
“John Browne explores with scholarship and imagination the plethora of riches, sometimes the evils, created from the seven elements of iron, carbon, gold, silver, uranium, titanium and silicon … a fascinating treasure hunt and thoroughly enjoyable.” — Sir Harold Evans
John Browne, CEO of BP (formerly British Petroleum) from 1995 to 2007, advised five prime ministers and built a reputation as a visionary leader, was regularly voted the most admired businessman by his peers, and is a major player in international energy resources and applications. A master of business efficiency and an oil industry executive who acknowledged global climate change, he became known as the “Sun King” for his bolstering speeches on the importance of moving past the limits of oil and gas toward solar energy, wind power, and renewable energies.
Now, Browne brings his in-depth expertise on science, energy efficiencies, trade relationships, and geopolitical and environmental economies together in Seven Elements That Have Changed The World: An Adventure of Ingenuity and Discovery (Pegasus; March 2014; $27.95) a compelling and engaging story of how our application of seven elements—iron, carbon, gold, silver, uranium, titanium, and silicon—have changed modern life, for good and ill.
Carbon unlocked the potential of other elements; with its energy, we smelt iron, mine gold, and enrich uranium. Yet today we face the consequences of carbon energy’s effect on rising global temperatures. In this “Silicon Age,” we communicate effortlessly, with instant access to vast amounts of information, an open and interactive entrée that also has supported political revolutions. Uranium is productive (nuclear power) and destructive (nuclear bombs); our desire for alluring gold is the foundation of global trade, and has led to the death of millions, as well.
Emphasizing that this journey is far from over, Browne also highlights some of the individuals who used the elements to change the course of history—from Carnegie to Curie, Pizzaro to Rockefeller—and shares his own experiences with oil barons in Russia, tribesmen in Colombia, and technology wizards in Silicon Valley.
John Browne is a Partner at Riverstone, an energy and power-focused private equity firm, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Tate galleries, and a fellow of the Royal Society. His first book, Beyond Business: An Inspirational Memoir from a Remarkable Leader, was published in 2010 to great acclaim.
In Seven Elements That Have Changed The World, John Browne combines history, science, and politics to explore human passion, ingenuity, and discovery and the surprising new uses for these seven elements to transform modern consumer society, the global energy sector, and start a technology revolution.
ABOUT JOHN BROWN
Lord Browne was born in 1948, and holds a degree in Physics from Cambridge University and an MS in Business from Stanford University, California.
He joined BP in 1966 as a university apprentice. In 1989, he became Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of BP Exploration based in London. In September 1991, he joined the Board of The British Petroleum Company plc. as a Managing Director. He was appointed Group Chief Executive on 10 June 1995. Following the merger of BP and Amoco, he became Group Chief Executive of the combined group on 31 December 1998 until 1 May 2007.
Having held a variety of non-executive board positions, he is now a Partner of Riverstone Holdings LLC, and the UK Government’s Lead Non-Executive Board member.
Lord Browne was appointed a Trustee of the Tate Gallery on 1 August 2007 and Chairman of the Trustees in January 2009. He is a Fellow and Former President of The Royal Academy of Engineering, and Chairman of a variety of advisory boards.
He was voted Most Admired CEO by Management Today from 1999-2002.
He was knighted in 1998 and made a life peer in 2001.The Browne Report, an independent review of Higher Education and Student Finance was published in October 2010.
His memoirs Beyond Business were published in February 2010, and his book Seven Elements that have Changed the World was published in April 2013.
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Supremely Partisan
As the future of the Supreme Court hangs in the balance, James Zirin has given us an extraordinarily timely, riveting, and historically informed work about how the Court has become a supremely political and partisan body. A must-read.”—Katrina vanden Heuvel, Editor and Publisher, The Nation
“Supremely Partisan will deepen readers’ understanding of the Court at a time when concerns of partisanship and identity politics undeniably overwhelmingly drive the nomination process. All Americans should pay close heed.” —Kermit Roosevelt, from his Foreword to Supremely Partisan
“A vivid, no-holds-barred portrait of the politicization of the Supreme Court. Read it. It’s a WOW! Book.” —Joseph A. Califano, Jr., Lyndon B. Johnson’s top assistant for domestic affairs, former Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare
★“A top-notch book about the Supreme Court. Zirin has his finger on its pulse, and he shows the rest of us how it works and how it doesn’t.” —Kirkus, in a starred review
On the eve of a presidential election that may determine the makeup of Supreme Court justices for decades to come, prominent attorney and former federal prosecutor James D. Zirin argues that the Court has become increasingly partisan, rapidly making policy choices right and left on bases that have nothing to do with law or the Constitution. Zirin explains how we arrived at the present situation and looks at the current divide through its leading partisans, Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Sonia Sotomayor on the left and the late Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas on the right. He also examines four of the Court’s most controversial recent decisions – Hobby Lobby, Obamacare, gay marriage, and capital punishment – arguing that these politicized decisions threaten to undermine public confidence in the Supreme Court.
In SUPREMELY PARTISAN, Zirin:
- Examines whether or not the Supreme Court of the United States has become a political court making policy judgments based on sources outside the Constitution.
- Argues that identity politics has become the overwhelmingly decisive factor in the appointment process.
- Discusses the evolution of the Catholic, Jewish, and African-American seats on the court.
- Offers an explanation of the Supreme Court’s original and intended purpose, and how it may have veered off that course.
- Engages with the politically-charged court cases surrounding issues like religion, abortion, race, LGBT issues, and more.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
James D. Zirin is a leading litigator who has appeared in federal and state courts around the nation. He is the author of the acclaimed book The Mother Court about some of the great cases tried in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. He hosts the critically acclaimed cable TV talk show “Conversations in the Digital Age.” A former Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, his op-ed articles have appeared in the Los Angeles Times, The Times (London), The Washington Times, Forbes, and Barron’s.
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Saturday Night Live: The Book
On October 11, 1975 at 11:30 p.m., NBC viewers who tuned in to the network’s new late night show saw a sketch featuring John Belushi repeating, in a thick foreign accent, nonsensical phrases about wolverines being read to him by head writer Michael O’Donohue. Abruptly, O’Donohue clutched his heart and collapsed onto the floor. Belushi paused, raised his eyebrow, and then did the same. Posing as the stage manager, Chevy Chase entered the set and feigned confusion before breaking character and announcing to the camera: “Live from New York, it’s Saturday Night!” In that instant, television, which had long been out of touch with the young and hip, experienced the first seismic tremors of a major paradigm shift. TV comedy as we know it today owes it all to Saturday Night Live, the show that dared to take risks (not least the fact that it’s broadcast live), challenge the censors, and celebrate the work of offbeat writer-performers.
Hundreds of gifted and dedicated people have contributed to Saturday Night Live over the years, and this book pays homage to their groundbreaking work. The list of esteemed alumni, most of whom were complete unknowns when they debuted on SNL, reads like a Who’s Who of the past 4 decades in comedy: John Belushi, Dan Aykroyd, Gilda Radner, Chevy Chase, Bill Murray, Al Franken, Eddie Murphy, Martin Short, Billy Crystal, Dana Carvey, Phil Hartman, Chris Farley, Mike Myers, Adam Sandler, Conan O’Brien, Chris Rock, Will Ferrell, Tracy Morgan, Jimmy Fallon, Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, Kristin Wiig, Seth Meyers, Fred Armisen, and Bill Hader—to name just a few.
ABOUT THE BOOK AND AUTHOR
Now, as SNL celebrates its 40th anniversary, TASCHEN brings you the ultimate tribute to the show. To research this book, editor and author Alison Castle was given not only full access to SNL’s archives, but also the rare opportunity to watch the cast and crew at work. She spent the better part of season 39 in the trenches, learning how everything comes together in just six days for the live performance. Part encyclopedia and part behind-the-scenes tour, Saturday Night Live: The Book (TASCHEN, February 2015) covers both the making of the show and its remarkable history.
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Over 2,300 images from SNL’s archives, many previously unpublished
An illustrated breakdown of the 6-day week at SNL through the years, with an expanded section for the live show
Seasons reference guide with complete cast, host, and musical guest lists
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Sane New World
Numerous books have tackled aspects of the mind’s complexity (such as Dr. Daniel Siegel’s Brainstorm or Daniel Goleman’s Focus), but none have examined the subject from the perspective of someone who has lost their sanity, regained it, gotten a master’s degree in mindfulness-based cognitive therapy in order to retain it, and then written an accessible “user’s guide” for it… Until now.
A #1 bestseller in the UK, Ruby Wax’s Sane New World (Perigee paperback, on-sale Nov 4, 2014) is a candid, no-nonsense manual to deal with the negative voices inside your head from someone who has been there, done that, and gotten the degree. Wax, a comedian and mental health advocate, has suffered her share depression, and though she covers that journey here, her book isn’t a memoir and it isn’t just for those struggling with mental disorders. Rather, the book is a roadmap for anyone who wants to better understand their brain and the ways in which they can tame it. Divided into five sections, the book encompasses:
What’s Wrong with Us? For the Normal Mad—Describing the negative feelings and emotions that affect “normal” people
What’s Wrong with Us? For the Mad-Mad—Exploring problems that affect mentally ill people
What’s in Your Brain/What’s on Your Mind?—Covering the nuts and bolts of how the brain work, its parts, its processes, and the things that keep a healthy brain firing
Mindfulness: Taming Your Mind—Offering an effective tool to calm a brain in overdrive
Alternative Suggestions for Peace of Mind—Providing yet more techniques that have been shown to helpLike Wax’s TED Talk (“What’s so funny about mental illness”), which has received nearly 1.4 million views, Sane New World offers a compelling new way to view your mind—and lifts the veil of shame so often associated with mental illness. I hope you will consider covering the book and/or speaking with Ruby Wax. I look forward to touching base with you soon about these opportunities!
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STUMBLING GIANT
One of Hong Kong’s most successful entrepreneurs and the founder of the largest independent investment bank in the Far East, Timothy Beardson is uniquely positioned to clarify fact from fiction in the trends and conditions that will fire up or stall the growth, transformation, and—potentially—conflict in the Asian focal point, China. In his ground breaking new book, a nuanced, first-hand look at China, STUMBLING GIANT: The Threats to China’s Future (Yale University Press; May 21, 2013; Hardcover $35.00), Beardson boldly counters the widely held predictions of the country’s near-certain rise to global supremacy, and brings to light the daunting array of issues that confront China in its path to becoming a superpower.
Much has been written on the emergence of China, with some forecasting the country’s dominance and others predicting its collapse. In STUMBLING GIANT, Timothy Beardson uses a multidisciplinary approach to examine China, taking an informed look at key aspects of the country’s current position, from environmental and economic policies through to social and political
considerations.Drawing on extensive research, Timothy Beardson spells out the details of China’s situation. China faces a demographic outlook of remorseless aging. One quarter of the population of Shanghai, deemed China’s first senior city, is now over the age of 60. A McKinsey Quarterly survey claims that a child’s need to care for parents will reduce the country’s labor mobility, while an increasingly elderly population could cause a severe pension deficit.
Another acute threat to growth that Beardson highlights is a low-tech economy that is not demonstrating sufficient innovation. China’s research and development intensity, which is a crucial element in overtaking other nations, is 40% less than that of the U.S., and a Global Competitiveness Report 2011-12 by the World Economic Forum ranked China as only the 26th most competitive economy in the world. Other challenges that Beardson explores include extreme gender disparity, social instability, a devastated environment, a diminishing labor force and the absence of an effective welfare safety net. He presents bold policy prescriptions addressing these challenges and explains why without substantial reform China is unlikely to replace America as the next superpower.
Crosby Financial Holdings, founded by Beardson, was the first investment bank to be licensed in China and was also actively engaged in the opening of the Shanghai stock exchange. Beardson uses his extensive experience from living and working in Asia over the last 35 years to offer bold policy prescriptions as to how China could address the problems it will face.
Packed with original ideas and insightful perspectives, STUMBLING GIANT takes a fresh approach to China and challenges the reader to look at the country in a different light in order to understand why it will not replace America as the world superpower in this century.
About Timothy Beardson
Timothy Beardson founded and ran Crosby Financial Holdings, the largest independent investment bank in the Far East. An integral part of Hong Kong’s economic ascendance who has lived and worked in Asia for more than 35 years, Beardson successfully sold Crosby. Since the late 1990s he has been a frequent speaker on political, economic, environmental and strategic issues at the World Economic Forum at Davos, at prominent universities, and to corporate boards and central banks. He is also Chairman of the China Oxford Scholarship Fund, which gives scholarships to talented Chinese graduates from poor families to study at the University of Oxford.
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Ruby Wax
How well do you understand your mind—how it works, how it keeps you sane, what can drive you insane, and the tools that can improve how it functions?
Numerous books have tackled aspects of the mind’s complexity (such as Dr. Daniel Siegel’s Brainstorm or Daniel Goleman’s Focus), but none have examined the subject from the perspective of someone who has lost their sanity, regained it, gotten a master’s degree in mindfulness-based cognitive therapy in order to retain it, and then written an accessible “user’s guide” for it… Until now.
A #1 bestseller in the UK, Ruby Wax’s Sane New World (Perigee paperback, on-sale Nov 4, 2014) is a candid, no-nonsense manual to deal with the negative voices inside your head from someone who has been there, done that, and gotten the degree. Wax, a comedian and mental health advocate, has suffered her share depression, and though she covers that journey here, her book isn’t a memoir and it isn’t just for those struggling with mental disorders. Rather, the book is a roadmap for anyone who wants to better understand their brain and the ways in which they can tame it. Divided into five sections, the book encompasses:
- What’s Wrong with Us? For the Normal Mad—Describing the negative feelings and emotions that affect “normal” people
- What’s Wrong with Us? For the Mad-Mad—Exploring problems that affect mentally ill people
- What’s in Your Brain/What’s on Your Mind?—Covering the nuts and bolts of how the brain work, its parts, its processes, and the things that keep a healthy brain firing
- Mindfulness: Taming Your Mind—Offering an effective tool to calm a brain in overdrive
- Alternative Suggestions for Peace of Mind—Providing yet more techniques that have been shown to help
Like Wax’s TED Talk (“What’s so funny about mental illness”), which has received nearly 1.4 million views, Sane New World offers a compelling new way to view your mind—and lifts the veil of shame so often associated with mental illness. I hope you will consider covering the book and/or speaking with Ruby Wax
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Stevie Phillips
Judy Garland, Liza Minnelli, Robert Redford and Al Pacino are internationally celebrated, but who was the woman behind and responsible for so many of their greatest successes? Stevie Phillips took care of Judy Garland during her struggles with addiction, hosted Liza Minnelli’s wedding to Peter Allen in her living room and handled the professional and personal lives of so many other celebrities, and in her memoir Judy & Liza & Robert & Freddie & David & Sue & Me…(St. Martin’s Press; June 2, 2015), she tells all.
No star burned more ferociously than Judy Garland. And nobody witnessed Garland’s incandescent talent at closer range than Stevie Phillips. During the “Mad Men” era, Phillips was a young woman muscling her way into the manscape of Manhattan’s glittering office towers. After a stint as a secretary, she began working for the legendary duo of Freddie Fields and David Begelman at the Music Corporation of America under the glare of Lew Wasserman. And when MCA blew apart, Fields and Begelman created the powerhouse agency Creative Management Associates (known today as International Creative Management) and promoted Stevie to come along.
After Fields convinced Garland to come on board, Stevie became, as she puts it, “Garland’s shadow,” putting out fires – figuratively and literally – to get Garland to demonstrate reliability in every big city in America so that she could work once more in Hollywood. She paints a portrait of Garland at the bitter end and, though it was at times a nightmare, Philips says, “She became my teacher,” clarifying for her “how to” and “how not to” live.
From there, Stevie rose quickly to represent Garland’s talented daughter Liza Minnelli, Robert Redford, Al Pacino, Henry Fonda, George Roy Hill, Bob Fosse, Cat Stevens, and David Bowie. She produced the award-winning theater production “The Best Little Whorehouse In Texas,” as well as “Nuts,” “Open Admissions,” “Doonesbury” and “Loose Ends,” had a disastrous affair with Begelman and engaged her colleague, the legendary agent Sue Mengers, as a cohort in helping change women’s roles in the entertainment industry.
And, now she reveals her behind-the-scenes story in Judy & Liza & Robert & Freddie & David & Sue & Me… a tough-talking, often funny, and engrossing memoir by a woman who worked closely with some of the biggest names in show business.
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Rock Bottom
“Erin Brockovich continues to fight the good fight, now as a writer of fiction. Rock Bottom is a story Erin Brockovich lived. The heroine is brilliant and feisty. Tension and turmoil mount in a high stakes adventure with dire consequences. Nobody could tell this story better.” — New York Times bestselling author Steve Berry
Publishers Weekly called her a powerful cultural icon, “complete with an Oscar-winning movie bearing her name” when it praised her New York Times bestselling motivational autobiography Take It From Me. Now, in her debut thriller Rock Bottom (Vanguard Press; March 1, 2011; $25.99), the first in a series, Erin Brockovich delivers a dramatic, fast-paced, one-of-a-kind thriller that is unique in its ability to entertain while simultaneously educating readers about the devastating environmental problems facing this country and the world today. Brockovich explores the issues she champions every day as an environmental and consumer advocate: protecting communities from environmental crimes that affect people’s lives and health, and the irreplaceable loss of pristine landscapes and potable water caused by greed and lax laws.
“One of the passions in my life is to do all that I can to protect communities from environmental crimes that affect people’s lives and health. I had thought of writing a nonfiction book about my commitment to this important issue, but I have always wanted to write a work of fiction,” says Brockovich. “I hope to attract a whole new group of readers who enjoy a page-turning novel of suspense with a courageous female character, A.J. Palladino, and to share why I have spent much of my life fighting for the welfare of victims of corporate greed across this country. I trust readers of Rock Bottom will find themselves caught up in the intrigue, romance, and danger of her journey.”
Pregnant and 17 years old, Angela Joy Palladino fled her small coal-mining town in West Virginia, trying to protect the people she loved, including her parents and Cole Masterson. She eventually triumphed as an environmental activist and was dubbed “The People’s Champion.” But now, A.J. has hit Rock Bottom, falling fast and far after her sassy mouth and feisty behavior get her blacklisted, and a crushing media disaster ends her career.
She faces a life-changing decision when Zachariah Hardy, a high-powered litigator, offers her a job taking on large mining corporations to stop their mountaintop removal in Scotia — the town she left in disgrace. A.J. finally accepts, and returns to Scotia with her whip-smart, special-needs 9-year-old son David in tow, hoping to find a sense of purpose in saving the only place she’s ever called home. But it isn’t the homecoming she was expecting and A.J. soon discovers deeper betrayals than she ever knew, realizing that hers aren’t the only secrets her mountain hometown has kept buried.
Her parents slam the door on her. Cole Masterson — David’s father and the man A.J. left town to protect — shuns her, and has switched camps to join the family mining corporation. Before she can meet Zachariah Hardy, he is being buried, his untimely demise seemingly linked to his pending case against Masterson Mining.
A.J. joins Elizabeth Hardy to continue legal action against the powerful Mastersons, but when David’s life is threatened, A.J. knows she must work fast. Confronting a harrowing past she thought she had laid to rest, she struggles to reveal the truth before the next murder ruins any chance she may have to reclaim her roots and create a new home and future for herself and her son.
Writing with award-winning medical suspense author C.J. Lyons, in Rock Bottom Erin Brockovich combines captivating characters, first-rate storytelling, and her real-life experiences in a thrilling novel that will grab you and not let go. In A.J. Palladino, Erin Brockovich has created an intriguing, irresistible and engaging heroine, a woman poised to take us all on the next dangerous and rewarding journey.
ABOUT ERIN BROCKOVICH
New York Times bestselling author Erin Brockovich was a legal clerk when she pursued evidence that amounted to the largest toxic tort injury settlement in U.S. history, forcing utility giant Pacific Gas & Electric to pay out $333 million in damages for contaminating the ground water of Hinkley, CA. Her story became the blockbuster movie “Erin Brockovich” starring Julia Roberts, in a role that earned the actress an Academy Award. The next year, her New York Times bestselling motivational autobiography Take It From Me was published. A sought-after motivational speaker, Erin hosted ABC-TV’s “Challenge America with Erin Brockovich” and Lifetime’s “Final Justice.” As president of Brockovich Research and Consulting, Brockovich continues her legal work and consults on numerous investigations into toxic spills, water and soil contamination, unexplained cancer clusters, fracking (a process used by oil and gas companies that contaminates ground water supplies), and other health hazards countrywide. These include the cluster of brain tumors in Cameron, Missouri, allegedly linked to a hide tanning plant 37 miles away; a cancer cluster in a suburb of West Palm Beach, Florida; and a coal ash spill in Knoxville, Tennessee. She lives in Southern California with her husband and children. Rock Bottom is her first novel.
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Robin Cook
“The master of the medical thriller.” —The New York Times
“Cook has found a formula that keeps readers coming back for more” —Booklist
#1 New York Times–bestselling author, Robin Cook is widely credited with introducing the word “medical” to the thriller genre. Over thirty-five years ago, he changed the public’s image of medicine with his breakthrough novel Coma, andcontinues to dominate the category he created while uncannily presaging serious medical issues. In Cook’s latest and 33rd novel, CELL (G.P. Putnam’s Sons; February 4, 2014), he returns with a top-notch fusion of edge-of-your-seat suspense and ground breaking medical science. Cook is once again at the forefront of medical technology by predicting an imminent change in the entire healthcare paradigm just when healthcare reform (the Affordable Care Act or ACA aka Obamacare) is being implemented.
CELLdelves into today’s tech-savvy world, where many new things are possible. Healthcare innovations and discoveries are not only happening rapidly, but changing daily. And your entire medical history can fit neatly into the palm of your hand…
Industry giant Amalgamated Healthcare has developed an amazing healthcare advancement: a cellphone app named iDoc. This app works as a fully customizable personal physician capable of diagnosing and treating even better than a real, live doctor. It can monitor your personal wellness, remind you to take medicines as needed, and instruct you on how to take the best care of yourself. It’s like fitting your own personal physician right in your pocket and carrying that doctor with you wherever you go.
iDoc is more than just a personal doctor. It’s networked to all the other users who have downloaded the app, which allows it to learn, to grow, to diagnose more accurately, to determine and monitor treatment, and to collect and analyze health data. But what happens when iDoc begins to execute its duties too well? In CELL we learn that technology like this comes at a price.
George Wilson, M.D, was a twenty-nine year old radiology resident in Los Angeles, happily engaged to the woman of his dreams, until he woke up one morning to find her dead in the bed next to him. His nightmare has just begun, as a series of patients he’s connected to begin to suddenly die. A deadly game of cat and mouse ensues, as George digs deeper into the mysterious circumstances, finding a pattern with the deceased. All of them were participating in the same iDoc beta test and had recently received life threatening diagnoses. But none of them should have died yet. And when George discovers that even his late fiancée was using iDoc to treat her medical problems, the mystery deepens further. Could iDoc be a lifesaver for some people and a curse for others?
George is determined to find the answers. But a frightening number of wealthy—and very powerful—people are heavily invested in making sure iDoc succeeds. To them, these deaths are just a “glitch,” a small inconvenience on the path to a greater goal. As they see it, iDoc’s success is not only essential…it’s inevitable. And a few more deaths, including George’s, will not stop them.
CELL imagines a future that Robin Cook believes is imminent and has already started, thanks to a confluence of advances in informational technology, nanotechnology, and genomics. But it also holds dangerous implications, most notably, what happens when the “human” element is taken out of patient care? This brings up many questions, such as what are the dangers and benefits of these advancements? How far should we allow mobile health technology to go? And of particular current relevance, what will the future of this technology bring within the context of the ACA?
With an up-to-the-minute, cutting-edge take on the medical industry of today—and the near future—thisis Robin Cook’s most gripping thriller yet. Just as Coma launched the bestselling medical-thriller genre, CELL redefines it for the 21st century…and will leave readers breathless.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Born in Brooklyn, New York, doctor and author Robin Cook graduated summa cum laude from Wesleyan University with a major in chemistry and a distinction in government. He then attended Columbia University Medical School, before serving in the United States Navy and rising to the rank of Lieutenant Commander. After his stint in the military, Cook began his ophthalmology residency at Harvard. He debuted his first medical thriller, Coma, in 1977, and since then, he has written more than 30 others, becoming recognized worldwide as the master of the medical thriller genre. In 2002, he was awarded the “Author of Vision” distinction from the RP International organization, and in 2004, President George W. Bush appointed him to the Woodrow Wilson Board of Trustees. Wesleyan University honored him with a Distinguished Alumni Award in 1982 and the McConaughy Award in 2012 for his writing. He is currently on leave from the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary and divides his time between Florida, New Hampshire, and Massachusetts.
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Reggie Jackson
A soul-baring, brutally candid, and richly eventful memoir, Becoming Mr. October (Doubleday; 10/8/2013; $26.95) brings to light the two years—1977 and 1978—when Reggie Jackson went from outcast to Yankee legend. In the spring of 1977 Reggie Jackson should have been on top of the world. The best player of the Oakland A’s dynasty, which won three straight World Series, he was the first big-money free agent, wooed and flattered by George Steinbrenner into coming to the New York Yankees, which hadn’t won a World Series since 1962. But Reggie was about to learn, as he writes in this vivid and surprising memoir, that until his initial experience on the Yankees, “I didn’t know what alone meant.”
His manager, the mercurial, alcoholic, and pugilistic Billy Martin, never wanted him on the team and let Reggie—and the rest of the team—know it. Most of his new teammates, resentful of his contract, were aloof at best and hostile at worst. Brash and outspoken, but unused to the ferocity of New York’s tabloid culture, Reggie hadn’t realized how rumor and offhand remarks can turn into screaming negative headlines—especially for a black athlete with a multimillion-dollar contract. Sickened by Martin’s anti-Semitism, his rages, and his quite public disparagement of his new star, ostracized by his teammates, and despairing of how he was stereotyped in the press, Reggie had long talks with his father about quitting. Things hit bottom when Martin plotted to humiliate him during a nationally televised game against the Red Sox. It seemed as if a glorious career had been derailed.
But then: Reggie vowed to persevere; his pride, work ethic, and talent would overcome Martin’s nearly sociopathic hatred. Gradually, he would win over the fans, then his teammates, as the Yankees surged to the pennant. And one magical autumn evening, he became “Mr. October” in a World Series performance for the ages. He thought his travails were over—until the next season when the insanity began again.
Becoming Mr. October is a revelatory self-portrait of a baseball icon at the height of his public fame and private anguish. Filled with revealing anecdotes about the notorious “Bronx Zoo” Yankees of the late 1970s and bluntly honest portrayals of his teammates and competitors, this is eye-opening baseball history as can be told only by the man who lived it.
ABOUT REGGIE JACKSON
Reggie Jackson was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1993. He hit 563 home runs and drove in 1,702 runs over the course of his twenty-one-year career. He played three World Series–winning seasons with the Oakland Athletics and two with the New York Yankees. He is a special adviser to the Yankees.
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Mitchell Kriegman
Sometimes all you need to stand out in the crowd is a little black dress, the right attitude, and a bit of help from one of the greatest movie stars the world has ever seen. Acclaimed writer and producer Mitchell Kriegman has written a fun and charming novel, Being Audrey Hepburn (on-sale September 16, 2014 from St. Martin’s Griffin) to reflect how all these elements come together and make a world of difference to one young girl trying to find herself.
Nothing is impossible, the word itself says, “I’m possible.”
—Audrey Hepburn
Lisbeth knows a lot about impossible. Between her alcoholic mother, her walked-out-on-everything father, her five-times-a-felony brother, and her sister Courtney whose major life plans include ragers and wet t-shirt contests, there’s not a lot of possible out there.
Obsessed with everything Audrey Hepburn (whose movies are an answer to any major crisis), Lisbeth is transformed when she secretly tries on Audrey’s iconic Givenchy black dress from Breakfast at Tiffany’s. Mistaken for a fashion icon at a party for the young and privileged Manhattan elite, Lisbeth’s identity shifts into ‘Lisbeth Dulac’. With the aid of her grandmother and her fashionista friend Jess, Miss Dulac has everybody fooled. Soon she’s faced with choices that she never imagined making – between who she’s become and who she once was.
Perfect for every Hepburn-obsessed fan, Being Audrey Hepburn is a coming of age Cinderella story, in the tradition of The Nanny Diaries and The Devil Wears Prada, and is sure to chase away all the ‘mean reds’.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Mitchell Kriegman has been published in the New Yorker, the National Lampoon, Army Man, Glamour, Between C&D, New York Press and Harper’s Bazaar. Winner of four Emmy Awards, the Director’s Guild Award and many others, he was executive story editor on Ren and Stimpy, Rugrats and Doug and wrote for Saturday Night Live. Kriegman was also the creator of the classic groundbreaking television series Clarissa Explains It All. He currently writes for the Santa Barbara Independent and lectures at UCSB. Being Audrey Hepburn is his first young adult novel.
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MASTERMINDS AND WINGMEN
“Rosalind Wiseman, who so insightfully explained the world of girls in Queen Bees and Wannabes, has done it again. This book is a powerful exploration of the inner life of boys, which is far more complex than many parents and educators may realize. Wiseman reveals the unwritten rules boys must both abide by and try to overcome, and she helps parents understand boys’ reactions, as well as their own. This is an essential guide – not just for parents but anyone who wants to better understand their own childhood and its impact.” — Anderson Cooper
Rosalind Wiseman’s Queen Bees and Wannabes, a massive bestseller and the basis of the hit film “Mean Girls,” upended assumptions about how teenage girls relate to one another. But lost in the attention was an equally important and vulnerable group: boys. Less prone to talk about their feelings and stereotyped as settling every dispute with a fistfight, boys face social issues that have long been ignored as an important key to understanding their behavior. So Wiseman, a mother of two boys, decided to pull back the curtain on “Guy World,” working collaboratively for two years with middle-school and high-school boys to explore their own complicated, emotional world. What she learned is fascinating, and critically important for all of us to know. Now, Wiseman is sharing her findings in Mastermind and Wingmen: Helping Our Boys Cope with Schoolyard Power, Locker-Room Tests, Girlfriends, and the New Rules of Boy World (Harmony Books; On-Sale September 10, 2013), a vital roadmap for parents, teachers, and leaders to better understand boys and provide the critical support they need to succeed and be happy.
Research shows that boys are struggling in the United States. Boys commit suicide at five times the rate of girls, do worse in school, have more social problems, and are less likely to attend college. Boys feel pain and need support just as much as girls do – but they’re far more likely to hide their feelings, claim everything is “fine,” and believe that adult involvement will only make their lives worse. We owe it to our boys to break through communication barriers so we can recognize what their dealing with. Mastermind and Wingmen helps expose boys’ thoughts on everything from cliques and social hierarchy (dominated by “mastermind” ringleaders and adjutant “wingmen”), to dealing with lying (research shows that 96% of all kids lie to their parents), to social networking (few things are more valued and important in guy world, and few things cause so much anxiety and conflict in parent world), to problems with girls (Rosalind explores boys thoughts on everything from heartbreak to “friends with benefits” to pregnancy).
There is a vital need for us to understand how to better understand and talk to boys, and Mastermind and Wingmen provides the tools to build our relationships with boys to help them develop a more positive, authentic, strong sense of self.
ABOUT ROSALIND WISEMAN
Rosalind Wiseman is an internationally recognized expert on children, parenting, bullying, social justice, and ethical leadership, and the New York Times bestselling author of Queen Bees and Wannabes and Queen Bee Moms and Kingpin Dads.
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MASTERMINDS AND WINGMEN
“Rosalind Wiseman, who so insightfully explained the world of girls in Queen Bees and Wannabes, has done it again. This book is a powerful exploration of the inner life of boys, which is far more complex than many parents and educators may realize. Wiseman reveals the unwritten rules boys must both abide by and try to overcome, and she helps parents understand boys’ reactions, as well as their own. This is an essential guide – not just for parents but anyone who wants to better understand their own childhood and its impact.” — Anderson Cooper
Rosalind Wiseman’s Queen Bees and Wannabes, a massive bestseller and the basis of the hit film “Mean Girls,” upended assumptions about how teenage girls relate to one another. But lost in the attention was an equally important and vulnerable group: boys. Less prone to talk about their feelings and stereotyped as settling every dispute with a fistfight, boys face social issues that have long been ignored as an important key to understanding their behavior. So Wiseman, a mother of two boys, decided to pull back the curtain on “Guy World,” working collaboratively for two years with middle-school and high-school boys to explore their own complicated, emotional world. What she learned is fascinating, and critically important for all of us to know. Now, Wiseman is sharing her findings in Mastermind and Wingmen: Helping Our Boys Cope with Schoolyard Power, Locker-Room Tests, Girlfriends, and the New Rules of Boy World (Harmony Books; On-Sale September 10, 2013), a vital roadmap for parents, teachers, and leaders to better understand boys and provide the critical support they need to succeed and be happy.
Research shows that boys are struggling in the United States. Boys commit suicide at five times the rate of girls, do worse in school, have more social problems, and are less likely to attend college. Boys feel pain and need support just as much as girls do – but they’re far more likely to hide their feelings, claim everything is “fine,” and believe that adult involvement will only make their lives worse. We owe it to our boys to break through communication barriers so we can recognize what their dealing with. Mastermind and Wingmen helps expose boys’ thoughts on everything from cliques and social hierarchy (dominated by “mastermind” ringleaders and adjutant “wingmen”), to dealing with lying (research shows that 96% of all kids lie to their parents), to social networking (few things are more valued and important in guy world, and few things cause so much anxiety and conflict in parent world), to problems with girls (Rosalind explores boys thoughts on everything from heartbreak to “friends with benefits” to pregnancy).
There is a vital need for us to understand how to better understand and talk to boys, and Mastermind and Wingmen provides the tools to build our relationships with boys to help them develop a more positive, authentic, strong sense of self.
ABOUT ROSALIND WISEMAN
Rosalind Wiseman is an internationally recognized expert on children, parenting, bullying, social justice, and ethical leadership, and the New York Times bestselling author of Queen Bees and Wannabes and Queen Bee Moms and Kingpin Dads.
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Protecting Capitalism Case By Case
“Eliot Spitzer, a dedicated advocate for the public interest, writes with wisdom born of his experience in fighting for what is right and good for the people of New York State and the U.S. Protecting Capitalism Case by Case illuminates some of the greatest threats to sustainable capitalism and prescribes solutions to help to mark a clear-headed path forward.” —Al Gore
Leading independent eBook publisher RosettaBooks has released Eliot Spitzer’s Protecting Capitalism Case By Case (RosettaBooks; July 15, 2013; eBook $9.99, POD Trade Paperback $17.95), a compelling examination of the enforcement necessary to protect the principles that sustain our economic markets and fuel their vigor. Refuting as dangerous the poor caricature of capitalism advocated today by those who accrue wealth for themselves while breaching fundamental codes of conduct and creating nearly unlimited long-term costs to society, Spitzer sets forth an insightful defense of capitalism. All of the author proceeds will be contributed to City University of New York and Better Markets.
Well known as a hard-charging agent of change, Eliot Spitzer was called the “Sheriff of Wall Street” as New York State Attorney General, when he set a new standard for law enforcement in financial fraud, environmental protection, and civil rights. The cases he brought—both criminal and civil—targeted pervasive misconduct and structural flaws in the economy that were metastasizing. Today, after the financial crisis has exposed the faults that were brewing and the ever-expanding gap between the 1% and the 99%, it is clear that Spitzer was prescient.
What happens when nobody enforces the rules, when government simply “gets out of the way?” Some suggest the energy and spirit of the free market are liberated. In fact, in the less-than-ideal world we live in, the central and essential values and principles of democratic capitalism are eviscerated by fraud and greed.
Spitzer persuasively argues that a fundamental misunderstanding of the “market” underlay the ideology that dominated for nearly 30 years and that the crisis of 2008 was almost predictable as a result. Referencing the groundbreaking cases from multiple sectors – public, private, and not for profit – he brought while a lawyer and later, Attorney General, he calls for a more robust enforcement regime, one that will protect capitalism. He asserts the legitimate and necessary role of government to maintain the integrity, competitive environment, and respect for fiduciary duties without which the economy will once again descend into crisis.
Weighing the tension between capitalism and the need for vigilant oversight of excesses, to protect those who cannot protect themselves, Spitzer includes absorbing insider insights and astute commentary on the practices that can so easily drift into damaging economic circumstances. Included in his framework for sustainable capitalism and prescriptions to repair and avoid economic deterioration are:
- Competition as Planned, Not Practiced – Competition is key, yet companies strive to eliminate it, from the Gambino crime family structuring a cartel to control trucking; to the world’s largest insurance broker, Marsh Mac, rigging bids; to leading pharmaceutical Bristol-Myers Squibb manipulating the patent system to keep a generic drug from competing with the brand-name equivalent; to politicians gerrymandering their districts, and more.
- Supply-and-Demand Market Failure – Why supply-demand curves don’t always give us the right price and quantity; how the mortgage lending industry succeeded, until caught, in giving brokers incentives to push up loan rates, targeting African-American and Latino neighborhoods for the very worst credit products on the market.
- Markets Can’t Regulate Themselves – Self-regulation is an oxymoron.
- Faltering Respect for Fiduciary Duty – An example: the chasm between the flurry of marketing pieces inviting the middle class “into” the capital markets, and the dearth of rules to protect and inform the middle class about the risks they are absorbing.
- What Happened to Corporate Governance – Why is management seemingly unfettered from shareholder and community interests; between 1978 and 2011, worker average compensation rose 5.7%, while CEO compensation rose 726%; plus the interlocking relations that limit change.
- Hard-to-Sanction Corporations – Corporations revel in the rights of personhood but have few of the responsibilities and potential exposure to prosecution.
- Did We Waste the Financial Crisis? – We resuscitated the economy but failed to reform the industry primarily responsible for the crisis, and neglected to impose sanctions where required; added to “too big to manage,” do we have now also “too big to prosecute”?
- Greed is Not a Social Contract – How do we divide income and what incentives do we create through our tax code and governmental expenditures? Who is it we most protect, encourage, support, or tax? Though productivity continued to rise, making U.S. workers the most productive in the world, real wages have barely budged.
- Rules for Life – Loyalty, fiduciary duty, and incentives matter; hubris is terminal; politics should be a cause, not a profession; and more.
An intriguing look at the U.S. practice of capitalism, both the forces that propel it and those that shackle its strength, Protecting Capitalism Case By Case is a call to action and a new vision for financial stability, integrity, and prosperity. Combining discerning economic and political assessments with judicious solutions to the issues that interrupt a vibrant marketplace, Eliot Spitzer has written a book for our times.
Protecting Capitalism Case By Case is being published simultaneously in eBook and print-on-demand formats, and as an Audible audio book.
ABOUT ELIOT SPITZER
Eliot Spitzer is a political commentator who prosecuted abuses among major Wall Street firms and other industries, both as a young lawyer and as New York State Attorney General. Former New York State Governor, elected by nearly 70% of the vote, Spitzer has for the past several years been at the forefront of the American political scene sparking lively debates on compelling topics ranging from global business to party politics. He is a regular television panelist, pundit, in-demand speaker, and former host of CNN’s “In the Arena” and Current TV’s “Viewpoint.” He taught a weekly seminar, “Law and Public Policy” at City College in New York from fall 2009 to spring 2012. Spitzer graduated from Princeton University and Harvard Law School, where he was an editor of the Harvard Law Review.
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Life, Animated
“When his ebullient three year old suddenly stops speaking and plunges into the inscrutable depths of autism, the Suskinds must follow, on an odyssey of the heart and a heroic quest to reach him. Life, Animated is an unputdownable love story with the power to radically transform the way we look at the autistic, and at ourselves. It is, quite simply, a masterpiece.” —Geraldine Brooks
“A deeply felt, movingly written account of raising an autistic son. A master journalistic storyteller tells his family’s own story.”
—Kirkus Reviews (starred review)Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and New York Timesbestselling author Ron Suskind’s new book, Life, Animated: A Story of Sidekicks, Heroes and Autism, to be published April 1, 2014, has already prompted intense interest from the autism research community and coverage in the New York Times. And with the Centers for Disease Control poised to release a startling new report on the incidence of autism in America, Life, Animated will be at the center of conversations about meaningful treatment, education, and healing during National Autism Awareness Month in April.
Just shy of his third birthday, Suskind’s lively, chatty son Owen became mute. He didn’t sleep or eat, and cried inconsolably. His only solace: the Disney animated movies he loved before autism struck. The boy’s ability to understand speech had vanished, so he memorized the movies, dozens of them, based on sound, alone. Yet he remained trapped inside himself, isolated, unable to communicate and make himself understood.
In a startling breakthrough, Suskind discovered he could engage his child if he “became” a character. When, in a flash of insight, he spoke to six-year-old Owen with a hand puppet as Iago, the parrot from “Aladdin,” Owen responded in full, articulate sentences. He had relearned language by watching movies. His affinity and passion for the animated movie sidekicks was the key to unlock the door into his shut-off world.
Suskind, his wife, Cornelia, and their son Walt began to communicate with their lost son and brother in movie dialogue. As animated characters, they could touch this “left-behind” boy, help him develop his drawing skills in his interest area — animation, and most importantly, begin to welcome him back into the world of expressing love, sharing feelings, and interacting with family and friends.
Life, Animated is the story of a family’s resilience when their world is turned upside-down. It’s about perseverance and hope. A child disappeared into confusion, frustration and silence. Then, he and his family began to dig for diamonds, working year by year, trial by trial, on a most improbable project: to find a way to connect again, by following the lead of the child — his passions and interests.
Inspiring, graceful, and fascinating, Life, Animated is destined to become a classic on the order of Oliver Sacks’ Awakenings. Taking The Reason I Jump a step further, it reveals a way into the heart and mind of an autistic child. It is essential reading for parents and anyone who has ever loved another, showing that insights can come from the most improbable places and a child can give you the key to a self that had seemed lost and beyond reach.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Ron Suskind is the author of four New York Times bestsellers and the critically acclaimed, A Hope in the Unseen: An American Odyssey from the Inner City to the Ivy League. His other books include, Confidence Men, The Way of the World, The One Percent Doctrine and The Price of Loyalty. He was the senior national affairs writer for The Wall Street Journal,where he won the Pulitzer Prize, and is currently the Senior Fellow at Harvard’s Center for Ethics. He lives in Cambridge, Mass., with his wife, Cornelia Kennedy.
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Life’s Operating Manual
Modern society is replete with electronics—iPads, computers, cell phones, cars, and so on—and all of these come with one important accessory: a manual that teaches you how to use and care for your device. In Life’s Operating Manual, Tom Shadyac answers a simple yet provocative question: is it possible that life comes with a similar set of guidelines?
Once reserved for exploration by poets, prophets, and philosophers, Shadyac, the man behind such comic hits as Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, brings a new voice to the mix. Inviting us into a conversation that is both challenging and empowering, he looks at the workings of nature and the ideals of the longest lasting civilization on earth in a series of essays and dialogues between the voices of truth and fear. And through this examination, he opens our eyes to one underlying principle that should guide the human race: love. This single principle is, in essence, our operating manual … and its instructions are very simple.
The question he then sets out to answer is, do we have the courage to live in accordance with this precept—to step away from how society currently works and the ills we experience because of it? Do we have the fortitude to change and cast aside the ideas that have led to war, poverty, genocide, and environmental destruction?
With Shadyac’s inspiring vision of what the world can be and his straightforward advice on how to move toward it, your answer to these questions will be a resounding yes.
ABOUT TOM SHADYAC
Tom Shadyac is the film director behind such blockbuster hits as Ace Ventura: Pet Detective; The Nutty Professor; Liar, Liar; Patch Adams; and Bruce Almighty. A recent brush with death compelled Tom to make his latest film, I AM, a documentary that asks some of today’s most profound thinkers two questions: “What’s wrong with the world?” and “What can we do about it?”
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Politics, War, and Personality
“Ken Rendell—master collector, literary sleuth, and historian—has given us a book that I will long treasure and restudy. Thousands of others will do the same.” — John S.D. Eisenhower, retired ambassador, U.S. Army Brigadier General, son of Dwight D. Eisenhower
“Kenneth Rendell’s Museum of World War II simply has no equal.” — Phil Reed, OBE, Director, Churchill Museum and Cabinet War Rooms; Executive Director, The Churchill Centre
“The museum is the repository for the actual Holy Grail documents of World War II.” — Tom Hanks
What if we could read, in his own handwriting, what is perhaps Hitler’s earliest known attack on the Jews, scribbled on an announcement of the Versailles Peace Treaty recently discovered in a file cabinet in his Munich apartment? What if we could hold Churchill’s message to the French president on the last day Allied soldiers were able to escape from Dunkirk; Japan’s official declaration of war “by the grace of Heaven” against the United States; a combat report showing Rommel’s tactical genius; an original map marked with landings and objectives for the D-Day invasion; a letter from General George S. Patton, describing the Battle of the Bulge—as it was happening, or the Christmas greeting Patton had delivered to every one of his troops during that same encounter.
Now, best-selling author Kenneth W. Rendell gathers 50 of the most important and iconic documents of Mankind’s greatest conflict in his compelling and unique Politics, War, And Personality: Fifty Iconic World War II Documents that Changed the World (Whitman Publishing; $29.95 U.S./ $31.18 Canada).
Nothing gives a closer intimacy with the people and events of history than the actual papers that mark the momentous events and the original letters discussing turning points—political, military, and personal. Handwriting says a great deal about people, and original letters can show an unexpected side of historical personalities. Erwin Rommel and Dwight Eisenhower, two commanders writing to their wives from either side of the English Channel on June 9, 1944, three days after the D-Day landings, show great affection with very different forecasts for the future.
Kenneth Rendell tells the dramatic stories of these history-drenched documents, each one part of his outstanding collection in the Museum of World War II, which Tom Hanks has called “the repository for the actual Holy Grail documents of World War II.” Each paper foreshadowed, announced, or altered the course of war—and in doing so, changed the world. Featuring a foreword by John S.D. Eisenhower, son of Dwight D. Eisenhower, Politics, War, And Personality includes:
- A letter by Benito Mussolini, around 1908: “Life in this semi-wild village of my birth is beginning to weigh on me, and to get away from it I got an idea …”
- The 1933 order by which President von Hindenburg gave in to Adolf Hitler’s demands, leading to what would be the last election until after WWII.
- The leaflet distributed in the beer hall in Munich outlining the Nazi Party’s original platform, with Hitler’s colored sketch of the Nazi banner.
- Generally considered the most important document of WWII, the Munich Agreement, with Hitler’s bold handwriting making “concessions,” and the British smaller, finely written notes; Hitler proved his instinct that England and France would concede to avoid war.
- Franklin Roosevelt’s letter to the French president after the defeat by Germany, “France herself will ultimately regain her full independence and freedom.”
- The first urgent message sent during the Japanese attack in 1941: “Air raid on Pearl Harbor X This is no drill.”
- The secret special order that required Douglas MacArthur to evacuate Corregidor, before American troops were forced to surrender to the Japanese and experience the Bataan Death March.
- A poignant letter from General Dwight Eisenhower to his wife—the most revealing of a commander-in-chief in wartime.
- The journal and mission map of the fighter pilot who shot down Admiral Yamamoto’s plane.
- Winston Churchill’s draft memorandum to Josef Stalin, deciding the fate of Poland.
- The communiqué signed by Eisenhower, announcing the D-Day landings on the northern coast of France.
- A note from Raoul Wallenberg, the Swedish businessman and diplomat who saved tens of thousands of Hungarian Jews—“Mrs. Kellner is to be considered a Swedish citizen and is to be exempted from bearing the distinctive Jewish sign.”
- Hitler’s order of March 30, 1945, one month before his suicide, commanding the fanatical defense of Berlin.
- A letter from Franklin Roosevelt, five days before his death and four months before Hiroshima, writing of “complete victory over our enemies.”
- General MacArthur’s draft of the surrender terms for Japan.
- Hermann Goering’s detention report from Nuremberg.
- Hideki Tojo’s requests while on trial for war crimes.
- Letters from Anne Frank’s father and aunt after the war.
- Harry Truman’s 1957 letter explaining the necessity of dropping the atomic bombs.
- And many more historic and profoundly significant documents.
Including more than 150 archival images and photographs, Rendell places these documents in context with insightful notes and astute commentary. His Politics, War, And Personality is a riveting, remarkable book that brings us into the hearts and minds of those who made history.
ABOUT KENNETH W. RENDELL
Kenneth W. Rendell, the bestselling author of World War II: Saving the Reality, is a dealer in historical letters and documents, well known for debunking the infamous “Hitler diaries” and proving the so-called Jack the Ripper diary to be a hoax. He is founder and director of the Museum of World War II, called “the repository for the actual Holy Grail documents of World War II” by Tom Hanks. Author of Forging History, The Great American West, and With Weapons and Wits, he is also an expert witness called in criminal trials. He has received the Justice Department’s Distinguished Service Award for his work leading to convictions for thefts from the National Archives and the Library of Congress.
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Plenty, More
The hotly anticipated follow-up to London chef Yotam Ottolenghi’s bestselling and award-winning cookbook Plenty, featuring 120 vegetarian dishes organized by cooking method. Ottolenghi’s monumentally successful cookbook Plenty changed the way people cook and eat vegetables. Its focus on flavorful, vegetable-centric dishes that emphasize spices and fresh ingredients caused a produce-cooking craze in the UK, the US, and the world over. Plenty More continues in the spirit of Plenty, with dazzling dishes, prepared raw, grilled, baked, simmered, cracked, or braised. Featuring recipes for main dishes, sides, salads, and sweets including Membrillo and Stilton Quiche, Buttermilk-Crusted Okra, Candy Beets with Lentils, Roasted Rhubarb with Sweet Labneh, and Quince Poached in Pomegranate Juice, this is the follow-up cookbook everyone has been waiting for.
ABOUT YOTAM OTTOLENGHI
Yotam Ottolenghi owns an eponymous group of four restaurants, plus the high-end restaurant, Nopi, in London. His previous cookbooks—Plenty, Jerusalem, and Ottolenghi—have all been on the New York Times bestseller list. Yotam writes for The Guardian, and appears on BBC. He lives in London.
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Liar’s Ball
“Vicky Ward has done it again. She has taken a subject and a cast of characters, many of whom we would not invite to dinner, and woven a page-turning, compelling tale. She transforms real estate players, who to most of us are stick figures, into pulsating characters. Yes, they are greedy. But they also can be visionary, and vulnerable, and damn interesting.” —Ken Auletta, The New Yorker
The Liar’s Ball (Wiley; October 22, 2014) is the shocking exposé of how brilliant and audacious real estate tycoons lie, cheat, bluff, and bully their way into some of the world’s biggest deals. It is also the story of the iconic building so many of them chased like it was a glass and steel Holy Grail, and the extraordinarily charming yet crude hustler who grabbed that prize … and then let it slip through his fingers in a family drama that makes Shakespeare’s King Lear look like Father of the Year.
In over 200 interviews, Vicky Ward got a rare look into the world of these vain and powerful men chasing their profits and schemes and dreams. They are brilliant, but they are also careless, unregulated, and dangerous. In this crowd, Donald J. Trump looks like a Boy Scout (and don’t worry, he’s not). At the center of this tale is Harry Macklowe, who bootstrapped his way to a billion-dollar empire with guile, charm, vision, and plenty of bluster … and came within days of going bust as his wife and son tried to wrest control of it away from him. It is a gripping drama that reads like a thriller.
In The Liar’s Ball: The Extraordinary Saga of How One Building Broke the World’s Toughest Tycoons, New York Times bestselling author Vicky Ward rips back the curtain on this world to examine the soaring egos and boundless hunger of these buccaneers, men who might swap billion-dollar buildings over a round of golf and or draw up a deal on a cocktail napkin.
Welcome to The Liar’s Ball. It’s rough, it’s vulgar, and it’s riveting.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Vicky Ward is an investigative journalist and New York Times bestselling author of The Devil’s Casino. A former contributing editor to Vanity Fair for 11 years, her work has appeared in the Financial Times, the Times (London), The New York Times, and the Daily Telegraph. She lives in New York.
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Pitch Perfect
“With Bill McGowan’s book in front of you, your days of thinking ‘I wish I had said that’ will be behind you. His peerless advice offers readers a real chance to be heard and to succeed.” — Sheryl Sandberg, Chief Operating Officer, Facebook
“Success depends on having a great game plan. In Pitch Perfect, Bill McGowan provides just that – winning strategies for how to improve your communication skills, especially in life’s red-zone situations.” —Eli Manning, Quarterback, The New York Giants
We all experience Pitch Perfect moments every day in every area of our lives, high-stakes situations where it is critical to know what to say, what not to say, and what to do or not do as you say it. How we deal with these decisive moments can be game-changers when it comes to nailing or tanking a job interview, dazzling or disappointing the boss, or charming or antagonizing future in-laws.
But whatever the situation, renowned media coach Bill McGowan, who has trained everyone from CEOs to celebrities to everyday job seekers, has the solution. Now he reveals the secrets to always communicating efficiently and successfully in Pitch Perfect: How to Say It Right the First Time, Every Time (HarperBusiness; Hardcover; $27.99/$32.99 Can.; ISBN 13: 9780062273222; On Sale: April 1, 2014;), an indispensable guide written with Alisa Bowman that shares all of the tools required to speak with conviction, enthusiasm, and confidence at the office, while socializing, and everywhere you go.
His innovative philosophy centers around Seven Principles of Persuasion, simple yet powerful guidelines for tackling a wide variety of personal and professional scenarios and handling the most frequent communications issues you will encounter. These transformative principles include: The Headline Principle: To grab your listener’s attention, keep your introduction short, suspenseful, and surprising, just like a catchy lead to a news story; The Scorsese Principle: Good communicators are like film directors, telling stories that paint visual pictures in the minds of their audiences; and The Pasta Sauce Principle: Like pasta sauce, the more you reduce your message, the more dynamic its flavor.
Under McGowan’s expert tutelage, you will project greater self-assurance and command, inspire others to deliver their very best, and learn to ask for what you deserve in a way that’s persuasive. From preparing for a media appearance and closing a deal to shining as a guest on a panel and honing public-speaking skills, Pitch Perfect will overhaul and optimize your verbal and nonverbal approach to communication. Follow his suggestions and you will never again wish for a conversational do-over.
Filled with anecdotes and illustrated with makeovers, Pitch Perfect identifies common mistakes and pitfalls and then advises corrective measures using the can’t-miss principles. McGowan also points out the five reasons not to talk longer, the six clues that you’ve lost your audience, and the top seven ways speakers blow their presentations. He explains how to maximize your listening abilities, why you should never ad-lib, how to break your addiction to business jargon, why even born communicators need to practice and prepare, what signals your body language is sending (for example, beware of “bitchy resting face”), why you should ask for advice and not favors, and so much more.
The Seven Principles of Persuasion—which McGowan first developed during his broadcast career and has since fine-tuned during his four thousand coaching sessions—are as easy to master as they are to implement. So whether you’re giving a TED talk or a best man toast or having an impromptu chat with your boss, Pitch Perfect will ensure that your message resounds clearly and memorably.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Bill McGowan, the founder and CEO of Clarity Media Group, is a two-time Emmy Award-winning correspondent who has reported more than seven hundred nationally televised stories and anchored hundreds of hours of news and information programming. During his twenty-five years in television, McGowan conducted hundreds of interviews with newsmakers, CEOs, celebrities, authors and editors, attorneys, and athletes. Specializing in hard-hitting investigative reports and feature lifestyle segments, he has worked on such notable programs as ABC News’s 20/20 and CBS News’s 48 Hours. McGowan now uses that experience to coach and train on-air talent. As a media coach, McGowan trains everyone from corporate CEOs to celebrities to everyday job seekers. Among many others, his clients have included New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning, the actress Katherine Heigl, the chef Thomas Keller, the fashion critics Tim Gunn and Nina Garcia, and the singer and songwriter Kelly Clarkson. McGowan also speaks regularly to large corporate audiences for such companies as Diageo, Wrigley, Campbell’s, IKEA, Teach for America, Time Inc., and Clinique.
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Lessons of Hope
An unconventional choice as Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s chancellor of the New York City Department of Education, Joel Klein shook up a failed and stagnant educational system and replaced it with new initiatives that radically improved schools. As a lawyer and businessman, Klein applied lessons learned working in the private sector as well as the U.S. Department of Justice and the White House to find aggressive new approaches to improving the way we educate our kids. Challenging unions, bureaucrats, and politicians, he held New York’s schools, principals, and teachers accountable as never before, and spearheaded the opening of several hundred new public schools and more than a hundred charter schools that redefined the schooling options for the city’s youth.
In Lessons of Hope (Harper; November 4, 2014; $27.99), Klein chronicles his eight year crusade as chancellor, detailing the unprecedented reform he oversaw. He tells the riveting stories behind the reforms, bringing to life the various players that were key to the policies he pushed and those who fought hard against them. The scope of the change he instituted was breathtaking, beginning with empowering principals – previously among the weakest link in the system – and then holding them accountable for progress at their schools, closing scores of failing schools over howls of protest, opening hundreds of new schools to finally provide choices for families, especially in high-needs communities, and stimulating new, innovative approaches to teaching and learning.
Although controversial, the media and academic researchers ultimately hailed his work in New York as establishing a national model that got real improvements for students. Under his and Bloomberg’s leadership, New York won the prestigious Broad Prize for the most improved urban school district. Robert Schwartz, academic dean of the Harvard Graduate School of Education, called Klein’s efforts “the most dramatic and thoughtful set of large scale reforms going on anywhere in the country.” The Economist observed that NYC had become “a laboratory for school reform,” and John Merrow of PBS called Klein “the person most responsible for shaping U.S. schools today.”
Building on the success of New York City schools, Lessons of Hope looks to the future of education across the United States. “America is at a crossroad,” Klein writes. “Despite decades of trying to improve ours schools—and more than doubling the financial outlay earmarked for them—only slightly more than a third of our students are being well educated.” Those hardest hit—economically and socially challenged kids—need not be left behind, Klein says. Safety-net and support programs, though important, can never do what a good education can for disadvantaged children, he asserts. The success story Klein engineered in New York has lessons to teach schools across the country. We can continue to hope that more money will make small, incremental fixes, or we can push for a fundamental restructuring that will create an American educational system that can compete globally in the 21st century. Such a restructuring would include increasing school choice across the spectrum of public education, making teaching a true profession (rather than a trade union), and using technology to change the way teachers teach and kids learn.
Himself the product of the New York City public schools, Joel Klein is the CEO of Amplify, News Corp.’s education division, which is reimagining the way teachers teach and students learn in our digital age. Prior to serving as chancellor of the New York City Department of Education, he served as chairman and CEO of the U.S. arm of the global media company, Bertelsmann. He was the Assistant Attorney General in charge of the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice and Deputy White House Counsel to President Clinton. Klein graduated magna cum laude from Columbia and earned his J.D., also magna cum laude, from Harvard. Among his many honors, he received The Alexander Hamilton Award, Columbia College’s highest recognition, was selected by Time as one of “Ten People Who Mattered” in 1999, and by U.S. News and World Report as “One of America’s 20 Best Leaders.” He has received eleven honorary degrees, including from Columbia, Dartmouth, Duke and Amherst.
Lessons of Hope offers an invaluable blueprint for change and is essential reading for anyone concerned about the future of America. I hope you will plan prominent attention and I look forward to talking with you about the possibilities.
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Philip R. Reilly, JD, MD
“Because of an unlucky roll of the genetic dice, children can be born with one of several thousand rare disorders; until recently, their prospects were poor. Now, there is extraordinary progress.” -Philip R. Reilly, MD, JD
ORPHAN: The Quest to Save Children with Rare Genetic Disorders (CSHL Press; November 2015) is the compelling stories of scientists seeking—and finding—cures for rare genetic disorders and the patients and families who assist them.
“In his intriguing and inspiring new book, Phil Reilly reveals the new avenues being pursued that offer hope to families around the world,” said Dr. John Inglis, Publisher and Executive Director, CSHL Press. “He began his clinical career caring for patients with unknown genetic syndromes who were beyond help. Now, after decades of immersion in science and medicine, he is seeking out and helping drive investment in highly promising opportunities for intervention in these disorders.”
Highly readable and engaging, Orphan provides first glimpses of the frontiers of scientific research and novel treatments, not previously explored in book form. Readers will learn, perhaps for the first time, about scores of conditions such as phenylketonuria, sickle cell anemia, dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa, X-linked hypohidrotic ectodermal dysplasia, and Friedreich’s ataxia, and the hopes for reducing the toll they take on patients and families.
Built on Dr. Reilly’s extensive experience of scientific startups aimed at breakthrough treatments, the book also contains a visionary road map for government and corporations that will bring advances from the lab bench more rapidly to a patient’s bedside.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Philip R. Reilly, MD, JD, is a Venture Partner at Third Rock Ventures in Boston, Massachusetts. Trained in internal medicine and clinical genetics, he specializes in starting companies that develop breakthrough therapies for orphan genetic diseases. Dr. Reilly was Executive Director of the Eunice Kennedy Shriver Center for Mental Retardation and was on the faculty at Harvard Medical School and Brandeis University, among other positions. Along with serving on the Board of Directors of the American Society for Human Genetics, Dr. Reilly was twice President of the American Society of Law, Medicine & Ethics and is a founding fellow of the American College of Medical Genetics. He is the author of more than 100 articles and seven books.
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Lauren’s Kingdom
Lauren has made a beautiful book with a crucial message for kids—if something doesn’t feel right to you, speak up, and don’t be ashamed. And I hope that parents reading it to their children will remember something, too: listen.” —Dr. Howard Koplewicz, President, Child Mind Institute
Lauren Book was 10 years old when a new female nanny joined the family. After she turned 11, and for the next six years, Lauren endured daily sexual, emotional, and physical abuse.
Today an internationally renowned and respected child advocate, and founder and CEO of Lauren’s Kids, Lauren has turned her horrific personal experience into a vehicle to prevent childhood sexual abuse and help other survivors heal. Her mission is to end the abuse that affects 1 in 3 girls and 1 in 5 boys in the U.S.
- She and her father have led a successful legislative onslaught against predators, influencing the passage of nearly two-dozen Florida lawsto protect children.
- Committed to empowering children to protect themselves against abuse, Lauren created and now teaches a Pre-K to grade 12 in-school curriculum that provides children with the necessary tools to be the first line of defense against abuse.
- She has written her first book for children, LAUREN’S KINGDOM (Sweetwater Press; March 9, 2015; $16.99), an uplifting, inspiring, and instructive tale that reaffirms a life-saving message to children: It’s OK to tell.
- 2015 marks Lauren’s 6th annual 1,500-mile statewide Walk in My Shoes journey across Florida to end child sexual abuse and help survivors heal; tens of thousands of survivors and other supporters have walked with her, including the Miami Heat and the Miami Dolphins; the next Walk takes place March 14 – April 22 — during National Sexual Assault Awareness Month and National Child Abuse Prevention Month.
- KIND snacks selected Lauren’s “Walk in My Shoes” as a KIND Cause recipient of $10,000 and named her a #kindawesome advocate.
- Lauren was named a 2013 L’Oreal Paris Woman of Worth.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Lauren Book, M.S. Ed, a former classroom teacher and author of the memoir It’s OK To Tell, has been named a PEOPLE All-Stars Among Us and a L’Oreal Paris Woman of Worth, and awarded a Congressional Medal of Merit for her tireless work to protect childhood. A sought-after speaker, Lauren has addressed UNICEF, a symposium in The Hague, and taught her safety-awareness curriculum in the Cape Town, South Africa region. An Emmy-nominated and Gracie Award-winning television producer, she has been featured by USA Today, ABC’s “Katie,” FOX News, CNN’s HLN, Cosmopolitan, Huffington Post, and Maria Shriver’s Architects of Change. She lives in South Florida.
We know that 95% of sexual abuse is preventable through education and awareness. I will call you soon about this inspiring and passionate leader and advocate, Lauren Book.
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Peter Kiernan
“Peter Kiernan is a man with a big vision—for the middle class. In this robust and imaginative analysis of how the middle class must be secured he cuts through the fog and presents a clear vision for a new course. Bravo.” —Tom Brokaw
America’s middle class drove our ascension to global superpower status—a post-World War II position we enjoyed while manufacturing around the globe smoldered.
In time, we came to believe a strong middle class was a naturally occurring force of our nature. Disinterest made it ever harder for this powerful resource to keep up. Dual income households strained, as elements of middle class well-being faced spiraling costs and stagnating wages. Consumer borrowing surged to historic heights until everything toppled, leaving a wake of lost jobs and dimmed hopes for tens of millions of Americans.
A tiny minority saw their wealth surge while most Americans suffered, with 45 million poor and another 50 million just a whisker from the same fate. In the middle, scrimping, saving and working longer hours were simply not enough. As our middle class changed in every way imaginable, Americans longed for the good old days.
Now, in American Mojo: Lost and Found–Restoring Our Middle Class Before the World Blows By (Turner Publishing Company; June 2015; $34.95), New York Times bestselling author Peter D. Kiernan reveals how we can re-ignite the engine of a strong, vibrant middle class.
American Mojo rejects recovery “recipes” using rearview mirror approaches applying fifty-year-old remedies to modern, dynamic problems. Supported by extensive research, Kiernan offers fresh solutions.
Kiernan is uniquely positioned to offer perspective. With a successful multi-decade Wall Street career, he understands the wrong economic turns we have made. After Wall Street, he led the Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation and numerous health care and poverty fighting organizations. A twenty-five year Robin Hood Foundation board member and former chair, he has dedicated himself for decades to fighting the epidemic of poverty.
Kiernan’s powerful storytelling weaves a tapestry of iconic individuals and events that catapulted the middle class to its apex, and incidents that left it to stumble through the social turmoil and the sine waves of economic ups and shattering downs in the decades that followed. Restoring the middle class is now a global challenge and greatness is within our grasp. But we must act before the developing world behind India and China steals the march. If dozens of nations have centerpiece plans to build their own robust middle class—how can we expect to compete without an equally robust commitment to a strategy of our own?
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Peter D. Kiernan, award-winning bestselling author, is an entrepreneur, philanthropist, and advisor to businesses and government. He left Wall Street in 2000 to pursue venture capital start-ups, nonprofit work, and writing. He has played a leadership role at hospitals, colleges, graduate schools, disability and poverty fighting organizations, and charter schools. He is a frequent TV and radio talk show contributor and a dynamic speaker. His last book, Becoming China’s Bitch, won the International Book Award and was a bestseller.
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Paula Wallace
“Paula Wallace built one of the world’s premier institutions of design, art and education. In her candid and compelling memoir, she weaves the story of its founding together with her deeply personal meditations on creativity, family and faith.” – Arianna Huffington.
In The Bee and the Acorn (Assouline, March 2016) Wallace shares the remarkable story behind the creation of the most revered and comprehensive art and design university in the world.
In The Bee and the Acorn, readers journey with Wallace from her Atlanta Public Schools elementary classroom to storied Savannah, where, just as General Oglethorpe built a new kind of city, Wallace built a new kind of college — marrying the best of higher education tradition with pedagogical and curricular innovation. For four decades, Wallace’s path has paralleled that of the university she founded. Through touching tales that span the purchase of SCAD’s first building to its global expansion and more, Wallace reveals herself as an educator, entrepreneur, designer, preservationist, mother and wife.
Eschewing convention, Wallace’s pioneering spirit and commitment to innovative excellence transformed a tiny art college with an incoming class of 71 students into an international university. With a mission to prepare talented students for professional creative careers, SCAD has grown to define Wallace’s singular vision. Evidenced the world over by SCAD’s four locations on three continents, the university now encompasses 45,000 students and alumni. “I imagined a student-centered university where the hands readily made what the mind dreamt and what the heart desired. SCAD is that magical triad of a place. The Bee and the Acorn is my way of sharing with others what they can do, if only they dare to try,” said Wallace.
Sincere, witty and candid, Wallace shares the trials and triumphs of building a university and the visionary SCAD story that appeals to students, educators, entrepreneurs and anyone who dares to dream big and do the impossible. Titled after SCAD’s mascot, the bee, and the university’s crest emblem, the acorn — two beings that defy the odds of nature in their ability to rise to great heights — Wallace’s memoir is about joy, determination and a life filled with gratitude. Whimsical illustrations by SCAD alumna Emily Isabella (B.F.A., fibers, 2008) punctuate the story with artful vignettes.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Paula Wallace is the president and founder of the Savannah College of Art and Design, a private, nonprofit, accredited university for creative careers. Wallace served as academic dean and provost of SCAD for twenty-two years and has served as president of the university since 2000. Wallace has authored several children’s books and two interior design titles — A House in the South and Perfect Porches. Among many awards and honors, she has been named Southeast Area Ernst & Young Principled Leadership Entrepreneur of the Year and was awarded the inaugural Elle Décor Vision Award. Wallace has been appointed a Chevalier dans l’Ordre des Palmes Académiques by the Conseiller Culturel and Consul Général of the French Embassy in the United States of America, and the Georgia Historical Society named her a 2015 Georgia Trustee. She currently serves on the National Advisory Board of the National Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington, D.C.
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KEYS TO THE KINGDOM
“During his long career in Washington, Bob Graham became one of the Senate’s most respected authorities on national security. His novel delivers uncommon insight into the treacherous and sometimes frantic craft of intelligence gathering. It’s also an insider lesson on the maddening politics of trying to keep America safe from terrorists. It reads like a true story because Graham knows where the truth lies.” —Carl Hiaasen, New York Times bestselling author
“Keys to the Kingdom ignites like a Homeland Security briefing and The Situation Room colliding head-on. Current, fast-paced, and crackles with the authenticity of someone who has obviously been ‘in the room.’” —Andrew Gross, #1 New York Times bestselling author
“Graham is able to present a narrative about the threats we face in an exciting and fast-paced novel. Read this book and you will become more expert in understanding our dangerous world.”—Jane Harman, Former Congresswoman and President, CEO, and Director of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars; former member of the House Intelligence Committee
Respected and trusted by leaders on both sides of the political aisle, Senator Bob Graham was Chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, a presidential candidate with 18 years of service in the United States Senate, and a two-term Governor of Florida. Now, based on actual events, he has written a compelling political thriller, Keys to the Kingdom (Vanguard Press; June 2011; $25.99). With a story line that cuts chillingly close to true-life dealings, it raises penetrating questions and all-too-real, alarming predictions.
Retired U.S. Senator John Billington, a co-chair of the 9/11 Congressional Inquiry Commission, sets off a firestorm of protest when he suggests in a New York Times op-ed that Saudi Arabia — aka “The Kingdom” — was behind the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Billington asks: Will Saudi Arabia assist in future attacks within the U.S., does the Kingdom have the bomb, and why is the Administration engaged in a comprehensive, sustained cover-up to keep answers from the American people?
Less than two weeks later, Billington is murdered — but not before slipping a detailed briefing to ex-Special Forces operative Tony Ramos, a street-smart Miami Cuban, proficient in Pashto and Arabic, with a love of fine clothing that has tagged him “the Will Smith of State” at the State Department’s Bureau of Intelligence and Research. Soon Tony is on the road and on the run for his life, collaborating with Billington’s estranged, enticing, and egotistical daughter Laura to solve her father’s murder and discover the hidden agendas that ominously threaten the security of America and the world.
In a race against time, betrayals, and layers of deceit, Tony uncovers a shocking international conspiracy linking Saudi Arabia — the Kingdom — to Osama bin Laden and al-Qaeda, in an investigation that spans Saudi Arabia, India, Pakistan, Malaysia, and Afghanistan. Targeted by an assassin and framed for murder, will he be able to honor the senator’s last wish and thwart al-Qaeda’s planned nuclear attacks, as they escalate toward a final massacre in the United States?
In Keys to the Kingdom, Senator Bob Graham delivers a page-turner that sounds a warning and is thoroughly entertaining.
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Paul McKenna Ph.D
THE BIGGEST WEIGHT LOSS BOOK OF THE YEAR!
180 million Americans are overweight – at last there is a solution!
Ryan Seacrest calls him “a cross between Dr. Phil and Tony Robbins.” International best-selling author Paul McKenna, Ph.D., has worked his unique brand of personal transformation with Hollywood celebrities, Olympic gold medalists, rock stars, leading business achievers and royalty, and helped millions of people successfully quit smoking, lose weight, overcome insomnia, eliminate stress and increase self-confidence.
All our decisions about food are made in the mind, which is like a computer. This system helps people to reprogram their minds, so they automatically feel in control around food. A recent study at Yale University concluded weight loss is a behavioral issue. It’s not about food, but how we think and act around it.
In his new book Freedom From Emotional Eating (Hay House; January 2016), Paul McKenna has cracked the code for sustainable weight loss.
Dr. McKenna has been helping people lose weight for more than 20 years. Here, he applies the latest science to eradicate the roots of emotional overeating, the number-one cause of excessive weight gain. His life-changing new approach resets your brain chemistry to reduce and control overwhelming emotions and brings about dynamic lasting change.
Dr. McKenna’s proven program adjusts your relationship to food, your body and your entire life. It is not a diet. Research has shown that for 84 percent of people, diets don’t work. His system is a process of psychological and behavioral change and is successful because it works with the natural intelligence of your body. It restores the body’s own method to keep itself fit and healthy and shows you how to comfortably process all of your emotions and find peace.
Freedom From Emotional Eating includes downloadable video and audio neuro-linguistic programming (NLP) sessions and guided hypnosis techniques to bring about the powerful breakthrough that will stop self-sabotage, transform your body and bring the sense of freedom, success and security overweight Americans have been craving.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Paul McKenna, Ph.D., recently named by The Times (London) as one of the world’s most important modern self-help gurus, alongside Nelson Mandela and the Dalai Lama, is Britain’s best-selling nonfiction author. Each week, 8,000 McKenna books are sold in 35 countries—a total of 8 million copies in the last decade. Dr. McKenna has appeared on The Dr. Oz Show, Good Morning America, The Ellen DeGeneres Show, Rachael Ray, Anderson Live and The Early Show. He hosts his own TV show on HULU, where his guests include Simon Cowell, Harvey Weinstein, Rachael Ray, Sir Roger Moore, Roger Daltrey and Tony Robbins. He is regularly watched on TV by hundreds of millions of people in 42 countries around the world.
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Kellyann Petrucci, MS, MD
“Here’s what Kellyann and I know from decades of transforming people’s lives: What you put on your fork is more powerful than anything you’ll find in a prescription bottle.” —Mark Hyman, MD, New York Times bestselling author of The Blood Sugar Solution
“Dr. Kellyann’s Bone Broth Diet is totally dialed in. This is empowering, user-friendly information supported by the most forward-thinking scientific research available.” —David Perlmutter, MD, author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Grain Brain
“Wealth doesn’t mean anything if you don’t have your health. In this book, Dr. Kellyann gives you the tools you need to conquer your weight problems, heal your body, stay young, and take your energy to an incredible level. Read it and take charge of your life.” —Daymond John, co-host of ABC’s “Shark Tank”
One of the best healing and anti-aging foods on the planet, it’s being sipped by celebs coast to coast. Gwyneth Paltrow, Shailene Woodley, Salma Hayek, and Kate Winslet are hooked. Athletes like Kobe Bryant drink it daily. This liquid gold is bone broth, a powerful medicinal tool that Dr. Kellyann uses to help her Hollywood patients smooth their wrinkles and sculpt perfect bodies.
In her new book, DR. KELLYANN’S BONE BROTH DIET: Lose Up to 15 Pounds, 4 Inches – and Your Wrinkles! – in Just 21 Days (Rodale; December 2015), Dr. Kellyann Petrucci, MS, ND, explains why nutrient-rich bone broth is “concentrated healing” in a cup , her secret weapon for weight loss, a “natural Botox” that acts to eliminate wrinkles, and a detoxifier that re-energizes and de-ages cells.The cornerstone of Dr. Kellyann’s booming health practice, bone broth is packed with fat-burning, skin-tightening collagen; has anti-inflammatory properties; improves gut health; and warms and satisfies the entire body.
In DR. KELLYANN’S BONE BROTH DIET, Dr. Kellyann couples her family’s delicious bone broth recipes with a groundbreaking mini-fasting plan and exercises for mindfulness and simple resistance training, helping readers achieve spectacular weight loss and more youthful-looking skin in just 21 days without experiencing harmful cravings or hunger pains.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Kellyann Petrucci, MS, ND, is a board-certified naturopathic physician and certified nutrition consultant with a thriving practice in Birmingham, Michigan. She is also a concierge doctor for celebrities in Los Angeles and New York. She has appeared on The Doctors, Dr. Oz, and national news programs, and is a regular contributor to The Huffington Post and MindBodyGreen.
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Jon M. Huntsman
I desire to leave this world as I entered it—barefoot and broke.” —Jon M. Huntsman, Sr.
“Everyone who knows Jon Huntsman is aware that he is a man of impeccable character and decency.” —President George H. W. Bush
“(Jon M. Huntsman, Sr. is) one of the finest human beings, industrial leaders and philanthropists on the planet.”—Stephen R. Covey
“Jon Huntsman is a different breed. He believes business is a creative endeavor, similar to a theater production, wherein integrity must be the central character.”—Larry King
At his birth, Jon M. Huntsman, Sr. was deemed dead on delivery. A descendant of pioneer ancestors as rugged as the land they settled, the newborn finally let out a faint gasp, grew, and hustled to outrun the shadow of poverty. He became a billionaire entrepreneur, distinguished public servant, and father of a former governor and presidential candidate.
On the way toward building a global industrial empire, Huntsman Corporation, which averages more than $12 billion in sales each year, Jon M. Huntsman, Sr. nearly flunked out of college, confronted bankruptcy three times, suffered four bouts with cancer, and faced the personal challenges of a severely mentally challenged son, the kidnapping of a child, and the death of a daughter. He served in the Navy, HEW, and the Nixon White House, and created a world-class cancer research and treatment center in Salt Lake City. Now, with his philanthropic focus on defeating cancer, he and his wife, Karen, have dedicated more than a billion dollars of their personal funds to the fight for a cancer cure. He intends to spend what it takes to help eliminate the suffering and death that all too often accompany this scourge.
In Barefoot to Billionaire: Reflections on a Life’s Work and a Promise to Cure Cancer (Overlook Press; November 2014; $35.00 U.S.), bestselling author Jon M. Huntsman, Sr. vividly recounts his made-in-America, rags-to-riches entrepreneurial journey of risk, rewards, and tumult. In his fascinating and down-to-earth style, he shares the key moments that shaped his views of faith, family, service, business leadership, the responsibility wealth imparts, and his decision to give away his entire fortune before his death.
Incorporating incidents and details never before made public, Huntsman relates business-building strategies, including ingenious financial engineering (a revolving $10 million float loan); international charitable efforts, such as the earthquake-relief erection of a concrete plant in Armenia; and his service to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Jon M. Huntsman, Sr. is a graduate of the Wharton School of Business, serving on its Board of Overseers for 28 years and as Chair of that Board for the past 14 years. He is the Executive Chairman and Founder of Huntsman Corporation, a leading global petrochemical manufacturer. Author of the bestseller Winners Never Cheat, his books have been translated into more than 20 languages. In 1995, he founded the Huntsman Cancer Institute, one of America’s largest cancer research centers. He lives in Salt Lake City with his wife, Karen.
Barefoot to Billionaire tells of a rich life and a man who has vowed to fully share its rewards. I look forward to speaking with you about Jon M. Huntsman, Sr. and Barefoot to Billionaire.
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Ottolenghi
“American food lovers are not only cooking from Jerusalem; many of them are cooking their way through it, as cooks did with Mastering the Art of French Cooking in the 1960s and with The Silver Palate Cookbook in the 1980s. Jerusalem is the first book in recent memory to join that group.” — The New York Times, on Ottolenghi and Tamimi’s Jerusalem.
The food is inventive, fresh, vibrant. It is simple and unfussy to prepare, unapologetically striking in its colors, textures, and tangs, and reflects all the zest and rich essence, the sometimes controversial flavors of their childhoods. It took the world by storm. Today a culinary rock star and one of the world’s most lauded chefs, Yotam Ottolenghi wrote Ottolenghi: The Cookbook (Ten Speed Press; September 3, 2013; $35.00) with Sami Tamimi before the runaway hit Plenty and the immensely successful Jerusalem, which debuted at #2 on the New York Times bestseller list and was named “Cookbook of Year” by the IACP. Now, it comes to America for the first time.
Their debut cookbook Ottolenghi presents 140 recipes featuring bold and flavorful ingredients, aromatic herbs and magnificent produce, inspired by the diverse culinary traditions of the Mediterranean. It also clearly conveys their ability to have fun, to really enjoy food, to engage with it lightheartedly and wholeheartedly, in a carefree and realistic approach to cooking that is simple, fulfilling, and tastes amazing.
Chef Ottolenghi grew up in Jewish West Jerusalem. His business partner and co-chef Sami Tamimi was raised in the Muslim neighborhoods of East Jerusalem. Reflecting their early years surrounded by a wealth of diverse tastes, Ottolenghi also includes traditions from California, Italy, and North Africa, taking us on a culinary tour of vegetables, legumes and grains, meats, fish, and baking, as well as patisserie treats. It favors star ingredients considered the building components of their famously familiar, yet highly innovative cooking. Among the flavors they love and highlight are Sea Salt, Lemon, Garlic, Olive Oil, Fresh Cilantro, Mint, Yogurt, Maple Syrup, Tahini, Pink Peppercorns, and Sweet Potatoes; as well as Pomegranate Molasses, the fragrant spicy citrus of Sumac and the earthy tanginess of Za’atar spice.
With Ottolenghi: The Cookbook, chefs Ottolenghi and Tamimi welcome you to a coveted seat at their table, to share the engaging warmth and unparalleled Ottolenghi brand of cuisine: fresh ingredients, full-bodied Mediterranean flavors, all served up with European flair.
ABOUT THE AUTHORS
Yotam Ottolenghi owns an eponymous group of four restaurants, plus the high-end restaurant, Nopi, in London. He writes for The Guardian, and appears on BBC. Sami Tamimi is a partner and head chef at Ottolenghi. Authors of the New York Times bestseller Jerusalem and the runaway hit Plenty, they have been featured in the New York Times, Saveur and the Los Angeles Times. They live in London.
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John LeFevre
“Bad Behavior 101 … No, it’s not a day at Hunter S. Thompson’s ranch but … a day at an ordinary big ticket investment bank. … you’d be forgiven for keeping your money under the mattress henceforth.”—Kirkus Reviews, on Straight to Hell
Praise for John LeFevre and @GSElevator
“Tasteless, boorish, smug, and reliably funny.” —Editorial Board, New York Times
“Compulsory reading for bankers, their clients, and celebrities” —CNBC
Wall Street’s elite players are different from the rest of us. They believe their ends justify their means, however debauched, shockingly lawless, and excessive they might be.
You might not like what John LeFevre reveals, but you’ll really want to listen. Because he’s giving you an unprecedented—and darkly humorous—inside look at how business in the world of finance is conducted.
It’s a blood sport, raunchy and raucous, and today those left standing are wielding influence in Washington, sitting on Fortune 500 company boards, and held in esteem.
Now, in Straight To Hell: True Tales of Deviance, Debauchery, and Billion-Dollar Deals (Atlantic Monthly Press; July 14, 2015), John LeFevre, the man behind the infamous and hilarious @GSElevator Twitter account, rips the lid off the hated and envied world of high stakes, high impact finance.
While @GSElevator—now with more than 705k followers—captured the character and culture of the banking elite with curated jokes and jibes overheard by readers, Straight To Hell is John LeFevre’s personal story, an unapologetic and outrageous account of his career as a globe-conquering investment banker in New York, London, and Hong Kong. As a leader on the bond syndicate desk uniquely positioned above the Chinese Wall separating investment banking and debt capital markets (the private side) from sales and trading (the public side), LeFevre saw, heard, and lived it all. From the trading programs, trading floors, roadshows, and private planes to the shady pacts and after-hours overindulgences, he bares the raw elements of how deals get done.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
John LeFevre has enjoyed a distinguished career in international finance. He joined Solomon Brothers immediately out of college, and was a bond executive for Citigroup in New York, London, and Hong Kong. In 2010, he was hired by Goldman Sachs to be head of Debt Syndicate in Asia, a position that he eventually did not take due to a contractual issue. He has written for Business Insider, Politico, and Esquire.
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JFK’s Final Hours in Texas
Julian Read, a Texas political insider who delivered the first eyewitness account of President John F. Kennedy’s assassination to the media, has authored a behind-thescenes account that chronicles the tragedy and its fifty-year legacy. In JFK’S Final Hours, Read documents not only the immediate agony endured by the people in the epicenter of the tragedy but also the continuing experience of a wounded community recovering from its aftermath.
In 1963, Read was the media representative for Governor John B. Connally, host of the president’s November visit to Texas. On the day Kennedy was killed, Read was aboard the chartered White House Press bus, just a few vehicles behind the presidential limousine in the ill-fated motorcade through downtown Dallas. After hearing the assassination shots and watching the limousine lurch forward amidst panicking onlookers, Read raced to nearby Parkland Hospital, where the president and Connally had been rushed to emergency rooms. There, immediately after White House Deputy Press Secretary Malcolm Kilduff announced that the president was dead, Read briefed journalists based on what Nellie Connally, wife of the governor, had hurriedly reported to him.
Beyond capturing the drama of the immediate hours following the assassination, Read illuminates the previously overlooked consequences of the aborted portion of the trip. The author also traces the long aftermath of the assassination, including the intensity of the bitterness against Dallas and Texas. And in what he calls “the long journey from anguish to reconciliation,” Read follows the decades-long struggle to create the Sixth Floor Museum in downtown Dallas, located in the space where Lee Harvey Oswald fired the fatal shots.
Read’s very personal account of his experiences surrounding that historic event and previously obscured details of the president’s Texas trip constitute a worthy addition to the record of a turbulent time.
ABOUT JULIAN READ
Julian Read is a nationally prominent Texan corporate communications and public affairs counselor who has been part of the state’s business and political scene for more than half a century. He founded and operated his own firm, Read-Poland Associates, for five decades before partnering with New York public relations executive Jeff Hunt to merge it with a global industry leader.
Read was a cub reporter for the Scripps-Howard Fort Worth Press at the age of 18. Six years later, he founded his own fledgling advertising and publicity shop. He soon scored two political campaign upsets that led to a lifetime of broad experience in the public sector. He became intimately involved in John B. Connally’s successful campaign for governor of Texas in 1962, and remained his counselor and confidant for more than 30 years until Connally’s death in 1993. He served as Connally’s representative to the national media for John F. Kennedy’s fateful visit to Texas in November 1963.
The author’s background and deep involvement in Texas communications and politics for more than six decades give him a unique perspective to bring fresh context and insight to the record surrounding the Kennedy assassination and its fifty-year aftermath.
Based in Austin, Read continues to provide senior counsel for Cohn & Wolfe, a worldwide unit of London-based WPP. He also devotes much of his time in support of historic preservation.
ABOUT ROSETTA BOOKS
RosettaBooks is the leading independent eBook publisher, responsible for brand line publishing in collaboration with AARP, Harvard Health Publications, and the Mayo Clinic, as well as such timeless classics as Brave New World, Slaughterhouse-Five, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, the complete works of Winston Churchill, and the first-time digital release in the U.S. of 35 titles from renowned science fiction author Sir Arthur C. Clarke. Publisher of ten Kindle Singles, including Ray Bradbury’s The Playground, RosettaBooks has launched nine of them to bestseller status.
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Nopi
“Scully’s food also fit with the Ottolenghi way. The bold, surprisingly intense flavours, the irreverent blends of ingredients, the vibrant colours on the plate, the generosity of spirit and big gestures, the curiosity and approach (always looking for the next ingredient, a fresh combination or a radically different method).” —Chef Yotam Ottolenghi”
Yotam Ottolenghi is a food world superstar, admired for his inventive, vibrant dishes and his beautiful, inspirational New York Times bestselling cookbooks, as well as his eponymous London delis and fine-dining restaurant, NOPI.
NOPI: The Cookbook (Ten Speed Press; October 2015) celebrates a new hybrid set of rich, bold servings—the “Ottolenghi haut cuisine” of NOPI, created when Ottolenghi’s Middle Eastern influences met and mingled with NOPI head chef Ramael Scully’s Asian roots.
Combined in these restaurant-quality dishes are Yotam’s Jerusalem traditions and his influences from California, Italy, and North Africa blended with Scully’s bright set of Asian flavors and ingredients.
The delicious result? Gorgeous, artistic dishes that are all within reach of the home cook.
ABOUT THE AUTHORS
Yotam Ottolenghi is the author of Plenty and Plenty More, and co-author with Sami Tamimi of Ottolenghi and Jerusalem, which was awarded Cookbook of the Year by the International Association of Culinary Professionals, and Best International Cookbook by the James Beard Foundation. All four books were New York Times bestsellers. Yotam writes for The Guardian, appears on BBC, and made the BBC4 documentary, “Jerusalem on a Plate.” He lives in London, where he owns an eponymous group of restaurants and the high-end restaurant, NOPI.
Ramael Scully was born in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and started his culinary career at the age of seventeen in Sydney, Australia. Now head chef at NOPI, Scully first worked under Yotam Ottolenghi in 2004 at Ottolenghi. Scully’s distinct culinary baggage—the Malaysian flavors of his childhood, his training in the European tradition, his insatiable appetite for Asian ingredients—has been the creative force behind much of what is on the NOPI menu.
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Jerry Bruckheimer
Over the course of four decades in Hollywood, legendary producer Jerry Bruckheimer has become synonymous with blockbuster filmmaking. Bruckheimer has had a creative eye and a guiding hand in every aspect of a production’s creation from reading the script on every single episode of the CSI television series to casting soon-to-be stars in their breakthrough film roles. Best known for his wildly successful franchises, era-defining epics, and smartly-packaged action adventure flicks “Top Gun,” “Days of Thunder,” “Beverly Hills Cop,” “Bad Boys,” “The Rock,” “Crimson Tide,” “Con Air,” “Armageddon,” “Gone in Sixty Seconds,” “Black Hawk Down,” the “National Treasure” movies, and the “Pirates of the Caribbean” series, Bruckheimer has also turned a lens on the historical moments that redefined American history in “Glory Road,” “Remember the Titans,” and “Pearl Harbor,” and challenged the boundaries of mainstream filmmaking through his work on “Flashdance,” “American Gigolo,” and “Veronica Guerin.” Despite being the top producer in the world, Bruckheimer describes himself as a “meat and potatoes guy,” and strives to make films whose stunning visuals, edgy soundtracks, and compelling narratives cut across lines of nationality, class, education, and language to tell accessible stories that keep us entertained and engrossed.
But Bruckheimer’s greatest gift is his ability to assemble teams that make others’ gifts shine. Jerry Bruckheimer: When Lightning Strikes/Four Decades of Filmmaking (December 31, 2013; Disney Editions) celebrates the producer’s collaborations with composers, screenwriters, actors and directors that have launched careers and won acclaim for the established and the unproven alike. He has employed musical luminaries Giorgio Moroder, Hans Zimmer, Trevor Rabin, Aerosmith, Blondie, and Trisha Yearwood. He has worked with top screenwriters Elaine May (“Tootsie”) and Ron Bass (“Rain Main”) on “Dangerous Minds,” Robert Towne (“Chinatown”) on “Days of Thunder,” and with an uncredited Aaron Sorkin (The Newsroom) on The Rock and Enemy of the State. His films have helped propel Johnny Depp, Tom Cruise, Nicolas Cage, Richard Gere, Eddie Murphy, Will Smith, Ben Affleck, Denzel Washington, Keira Knightley, Orlando Bloom and Jake Gyllenhaal to superstardom, and have given directors Michael Bay, Gore Verbinski, Jon Turteltaub, Paul Schrader, Martin Brest, Michael Mann and the late Tony Scott some of their greatest successes. This beautifully-crafted coffee table book features a foreword by Johnny Depp, a career retrospective by author and unit publicist Michael Singer, and a Q&A with the notoriously shy producer’s wife Linda Bruckheimer, plus page after page of high quality stills from the producer’s most beloved feature films, and incredible selections from Bruckheimer’s personal photos from set.
Jerry Bruckheimer also discusses his journey from a lower-middle class upbringing in Detroit to innovative New York ad man to the world’s top producer, his forty years shaping the movie industry, from his work with revisionist westerns to record-breaking blockbuster franchises, how he will be the first producer ever to receive an upcoming American Cinematheque Award, an honor primarily given to superstar actors and some directors, and the Honorary Golden Nymph Award that will be personally presented to him by Monaco’s Prince Albert at the Monte Carlo Television Festival in June 2014.
Jerry Bruckheimer: When Lightning Strikes/Four Decades of Filmmaking takes a look back at a distinguished career in American cinematic history, revisiting the films that defined an era, challenged studio expectations of what the public would pay to see, and transported audiences to other worlds, and other lives.
ABOUT MICHAEL SINGER
Michael Singer is a writer and production unit publicist with more than 35 years of experience in his field. Singer’s previous books include The Art of Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides; The Answer is Yes: The Art and Making of The Sorcerer’s Apprentice; We Make Our Own Destiny: Behind the Scenes of Prince of Persia The Sands of Time; Bring Me That Horizon: The Making of Pirates of the Caribbean; The Making of Oliver Stone’s Heaven and Earth; and “making of” books for “Batman Returns,” “Batman Forever,” and “Batman & Robin,” as well as A Cut Above: 50 Film Directors Talk About Their Craft and 13 annual editions of the pre-internet age reference book Michael Singer’s Film Directors: A Complete Guide.
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Jennifer Cohen & Stacey Colino
Health and wellness expert Jennifer Cohen is ready to change the conversation about women’s fitness. Thanks to a long overdue cultural shift, women are no longer interested in starving themselves to be rail thin. Instead they want to look and feel strong. Women are increasingly turning to hard-core training regimens like CrossFit, Tough Mudder, and P90X, over kinder, gentler yoga and Pilates workouts. Instead of eating like rabbits, they want to eat like cheetahs and use food as fuel. Forget damsels in distress—women want to be superheroes. Strong is sexy. Strong is powerful. And best of all, strong is achievable.
In her new book with Stacey Colino, Strong is the New Skinny: How to Eat, Live, and Move to Maximize Your Power (Harmony Books; Trade Paperback Original; On Sale September 16, 2014), Jennifer Cohen lays out a multipronged plan to help readers become strong from the inside out—nutritionally, physically, psychologically, and emotionally. Their message is both clear and empowering: it’s time to embrace what your body can do, not just how it looks.
ABOUT THE AUTHORJennifer Cohen is a trainer, writer, studio owner, and successful health and fitness entrepreneur. A regular contributor to Health.com and Forbes, she is also the fitness ambassador for Weight Watchers and has a series of bestselling DVDs with them. She has developed fitness programs for leading health clubs, and works with celebrities and top executives to incorporate fitness and nutrition into their lives. Stacey Colino is an award-winning writer specializing in health, fitness, and psychology, and a certified group exercise instructor and Spinning instructor.
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Nigellissima
“Italy is not just a country, but my spiritual—and gastronomic—home. The essence of Italian food lies in simplicity and directness and I want to show you how easy it is to bring the spirit of Italy into the kitchen and onto your plate in an instant.” — Nigella Lawson
When she was 17, Nigella Lawson decided she wanted to be Italian. She applied to study Italian at Oxford, and spent her gap year working as a chambermaid in a family-run pensione in Florence, earning meager wages but learning a wealth of hands-on knowledge in Italian cooking from “Nonna—the paternal grandmother, straight from Central Casting”—in the kitchen. Today, Nigella brings as much of Italy as she can into her own kitchen, and now, she celebrates the pleasures of Italian food with you in her first Italian cookbook Nigellissima: Easy Italian-Inspired Recipes (Clarkson Potter; $35.00; on sale February 12, 2013).
A sentimental journey for the internationally bestselling author and food celebrity, Nigellissima is filled with 120 mouthwatering, simple, fast recipes, combining the richness of Italian culinary tradition with Nigella’s own distinctive twists: insights learned from Nonna and experience for a light touch and full taste.
To Nigella, no ingredient belongs in a recipe—or in the pantry for that matter—unless it really earns its place, and in Nigellissima she shows readers how a weeknight dish can be a heartfelt interpretation of traditional Italian fare without involving a lot of steps or ingredients.
Going beyond Bolognese, Nigellissima inspires us to dress our tables with the savory flavors of Italy in chapters that include: Pasta (Sicilian Pasta with Tomato, Garlic, and Almonds; Fettuccine with Mushrooms, Marsala, and Mascarpone); Flesh, Fish & Fowl (Pork Loin with Parma Ham and Oregano; Shortcut Sausage Meatballs; Italian Tempura Prawns), Vegetables & Sides (Green Beans with Pistachio Pesto; Roast Butternut Squash with Sage and Pine Nuts), Sweet Things (One-Step No-Churn Coffee Ice Cream, Iced Berries with Limencello White Chocolate Sauce), and Italian-Inspired Christmas, perfect for the entire holiday season (Turkey Breast Stuffed with Italian Sausage & Marsala-Steeped Cranberries, Pappardelle with Chestnuts & Pancetta). Rounding out Nigella’s Italian quick-cook tour are festive ideas for party foods, like Parmesan Shortbreads and Polenta Triangles with Chili Tomato Sauce.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Nigella Lawsom, food enthusiast, television personality, and journalist, is the author of eight bestselling books including Nigella Kitchen, Nigella Fresh, Nigella Christmas, Nigella Bites, Feast, How to Be a Domestic Goddess and How to Eat, which have sold more than 6 million copies worldwide. Her books and groundbreaking iPhone app and television shows on Food Network, E! Entertainment Television, and Style have made her a household name globally. She hosts an innovative new culinary competition series, “The Taste,” with Anthony Bourdain, Ludo Lefebvre, and Brian Malarkey that premieres in early 2013 on The ABC Television Network. She lives in London with her family.
With essential notes on everything you will need to make your daily Italian-inspired cooking life easier, and fully illustrated with beautiful color photographs, Nigella Lawson reveals in Nigellissima, with gusto, how we can all bring Italy into our kitchens.
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Simply Nigella
“While I have read much about mindful eating, I have not found much, if anything, about mindful cooking … For me, cooking stems from an engagement with life, which in itself combines hopefulness with playfulness.” —Nigella Lawson
As only bestselling author Nigella Lawson can, SIMPLY NIGELLA: Feel Good Food (Flatiron Books; November 2015) taps into the rhythms of our cooking lives, with recipes that are uncomplicated, relaxed, and always satisfying. Offering easy-to-prepare everyday meals and indulgent dishes for special occasions, the message is simple: great food with zest can be celebrated without stress.
“This book tells the broader story of how I live: how I feed my friends and family, the aesthetic pleasure I derive from food, and my belief that what and how we cook can make our lives easier, make us feel better and more alive,” says Nigella.
“Part of the balance of life lies in understanding that different days require different ways of eating…” Food—in the making and in the eating—should always be pleasurable.
Here is food to make everyone feel good. Containing 125 new recipes, Simply Nigella includes strength-giving “Beginnings”—breakfast and brunch recipes Nigella calls her “kitchen carpe diem”—including Breakfast Banana Bread with Cardamom and Cocoa Nibs. You’ll find “Quick & Calm” work-day suppers like Crunchy Chicken Cutlets, Miso Salmon, Shrimp and Avocado Lettuce Wraps, and Cauliflower and Cashew Nut Curry; tasty “Sides” like Criss-Cross Potatoes, Quick-Pickled Carrots, and Cucumber, Chili and Avocado Salad; a “Dine” chapter with offerings like Tamarind-Marinated Flank Steak; recipes that allow you to “Breathe” at the end of a long week, including Pork Buns, Malaysian Red-Cooked Chicken, Leek Pasta Bake, and Asian-Flavored Short Ribs; and the joy of “Bowlfood” for cozy nights on the sofa (Thai Noodles with Cinnamon and Shrimp, and Sweet Potato, Ginger and Orange Soup). There are stress-free recipes for entertaining a crowd like Sake-Sticky Chicken Drumsticks and an array of “Sweet” treats such as Lemon Pavlova and Dark and Sumptuous Chocolate Cake, plus fabulous dairy-free and gluten-free recipes.
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Jacqueline Susann
“Valley of the Dolls is a grim fable. It’s Thomas Hardy dark. It’s Dostoyevsky greige. Nothing ends well. Success corrupts. Fame destroys. It is, in other words, the perfect mirror for today’s culture.”— Simon Doonan
“The kind of book most of its readers could not put down. I, for one, could not … For me reading Valley of the Dolls was like reading a very very long, absolutely delicious gossip column … Magnetic.”—Nora Ephron
“I couldn’t believe these weren’t real girls because I know them. Maddeningly sexy. I wish I had written it.”—Helen Gurley Brown
It’s hard to believe, but Jacqueline Susann’s groundbreaking first novel Valley of the Dolls (Grove Press/July 2016), is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. When it was published in 1966, the book became a cultural phenomenon with its pioneering look into drug addiction, feminism, and women’s and gay rights. An overnight success and #1 bestseller, it electrified readers around the world. A department store in Chicago sold the book under the counter, literally. TIME magazine branded it “the dirty book of the month.”
Considered not just risqué, but outré, it transformed fashion by introducing readers to the stylish and charming author who was known for her Pucci dresses, big sunglasses, beaming smile, and movie-star charm. Hollywood buzzed with theories of who was who. One of the world’s most popular novels in the late ‘60s, the all-time pop-culture classic has sold over 31 million copies (putting it in the bestselling ranks of To Kill A Mockingbird and Gone With The Wind), and has been printed in 30 foreign editions. It is as timely and relevant as it was 50 years ago.
The story of Anne, Neely and Jennifer—three ambitious young women in New York City, best friends hungry for love and celebrity—is just as gloriously, scandalously fun, as ever. Long before “Sex and the City” and “Girls,” Susann brought us their dreams, sexual appetites, success, and the deadly seduction of power, money, and prescription pills. She coined the word “dolls” for barbiturates to be washed down with vodka or swallowed straight, which became a dark and dangerous escape.
For the 50th Anniversary of the innovative and trend-setting novel, Grove Press will publish a limited hardcover and a new and revised paperback edition of Valley of the Dolls, with a foreword by Simon Doonan and a new preface by Susann’s estate. The new editions will have a beautiful new cover design and reveal some of Susann’s substantial archive for the first time, including personal photos and an article she wrote in 1966 entitled, “My Book is Not Dirty.”
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The Future of Men
“The Future of Men is an incredibly important and timely book. A game-shifting story.” —Morgan Spurlock, documentary filmmaker, “Super Size Me,” “Mansome,” and “Inside Man”
Women are powering up, progressively capturing control and influence.
The age of the dominant male has passed.
As traditional gender roles disappear, men are left confused, conflicted, and challenged, rejecting macho stereotypes and rewiring their emotional lives. But are they also being left behind—a lost generation?
In his new book THE FUTURE OF MEN: Masculinity in the Twenty-First Century (Inkshares; March 2016), dynamic culture forecaster Jack Myers provides tools to help men—especially younger men—and those who love them, recognize and embrace new behaviors as they navigate this much-needed shift in gender norms.
THE FUTURE OF MEN examines gender, and its influence on the way Americans live. Myers presents readers with a template for healthier self-esteem, sexual self-confidence, and psychological well-being that promotes mutual respect for women and men. It is a must-read guide to thriving in a world of changing gender realities by finding happiness at work, at home, and in relationships.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Jack Myers, founder and publisher of MediaVillage.com and author of Hooked Up: A New Generation’s Surprising Take on Sex, Politics and Saving the World, and several other books, is a recognized cultural visionary, award-winning documentary film producer, and adviser to hundreds of leading corporations on media and technology trends. His prescient insights and counsel make him one of the foremost global experts on the impact of technological advances on culture, society, business, advertising, marketing, and human connections. He has been honored with a George Foster Peabody Award and Academy and Emmy Award nominations for Best Documentary Feature.
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I’M TOO YOUNG FOR THIS!
Does PMS feel like your new normal? You’re only 35 or 40 and feel cranky, fatigued, and on a roller-coaster ride of emotions — a bitchy, nasty, fuzzy-minded person you barely recognize? It’s your hormones — kissing you good-bye, and it’s taking a big toll.
What, too young for this? Suzanne Somers, women’s health pioneer and bestselling phenomenon, knows it—and is here to change the way that women experience the decade-plus before menopause—when your hormones start shifting and your moods, health, and even relationships can take a nosedive.
“At around age 35 things started to change. Mood swings, PMS, plus annoying weight gain. I didn’t know that these symptoms were simply a prelude to other changes I was about to experience,” says Suzanne. “No one warned me I was about to lose ‘me’!
“I went from doctor to doctor, getting the same explanations, ‘It’s a passage dear, it will pass.’ ‘No,’ I would say, ‘it’s not passing!’ They would try to prescribe antidepressants, sleeping pills, anti-anxiety meds. I didn’t want their drugs! There had to be another way. I had to find some answers because—I WAS FALLING APART!”
Now, in I’m Too Young For This!: The Natural Hormone Solution to Enjoy Perimenopause (Crown Archetype; October 2013; $26.00 hardcover), Suzanne shares her findings on how to thrive during the years leading up to menopause, and relish those decades, feeling sexually vibrant and happy, with a strong, fit body and your brain firing on all cylinders.
Breaking the silence, and sharing the latest information, in I’m Too Young For This! Suzanne informs women, as young as 35, on what to do when they start to experience hormonal shifts that wreak havoc on their lives, prime them for cancer and other chronic and deadly health issues, and make them feel plain miserable.
Few women would turn down an antibiotic to save their life, yet they might decline a hormone that could prevent a deadly heart attack.
I’m Too Young For This! is empowering and liberating.
ABOUT SUZANNE SOMERS
Suzanne Somers is one of America’s most popular and beloved personalities. In a multifaceted career that has spanned more than three decades, she has achieved extraordinary success as an actress, singer, comedienne, author, Las Vegas Entertainer of the Year, entrepreneur, and lecturer. A dedicated and informed health advocate, she is the voice and face of alternative medicine. Suzanne has written 24 books, including 13 New York Times bestsellers, five of which were #1 New York Times bestsellers. BOMBSHELL: Explosive Medical Secrets That Will Redefine Aging, was an immediate New York Times bestseller. Suzanne’s fun, smart, empowering new talk show, “Suzanne Somers’ Breaking Through,” premiered online on the CafeMom Studios YouTube channel in January 2012, and also appears on her website. On her weekly Lifetime Network talk show, “The SUZANNE Show,” she provides a thought-provoking morning show alternative with in-depth information on health and wellness in a casual entertaining format.
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I Stand Corrected
In I Stand Corrected: How Teaching Manners in China Became Its Own Unforgettable Lesson (Nan A. Talese/Doubleday; October 7, 2014; $26.95), international media and communications specialist Eden Collinsworth shares the humorous, lesson-filled, and exceptionally unlikely true adventure story of how a single American woman, raising a son, decided to move to China and write a Western etiquette guide for the Chinese.
As a veteran of the magazine and book publishing industries, the former chief of staff to a global security think tank, and a consultant in international communications, American entrepreneur Eden Collinsworth’s career has, quite literarily, moved her around the world. Witnessing China’s profound transformation, she came to the conclusion that despite the nation’s growing status as a world economy and the unprecedented range of its investments overseas, businessmen in mainland China—well-educated and speaking English—were fundamentally uncomfortable in the company of their Western counterparts. This realization spawned an idea to work collaboratively with a major Chinese publisher on a Western etiquette guide, written in Chinese, for Chinese businessmen.
I Stand Corrected chronicles Collinsworth’s mad cap and revelatory Chinese year abroad—some part of it with her son—while she researched and wrote The Tao of Improving Your Likability – a widely-read and wildly-successful bestseller in mainland China. Offering a clear-eyed account of East-West divide and, at the same time, scrutinizing the kind of etiquette that has guided her own business career, one which has unfolded in predominately male company, Collinsworth creates a counterpart that explains Chinese practices and reveals much about our own Western culture.
Interspersed throughout with entertaining episodes that include, among others, her experience with a client who spent billions of dollars building a resort in Guangzhou that stood empty, her run-in with the censors, and her disastrous introduction to ancient Chinese herbs, I Stand Corrected offers a unique window into contemporary China, and tells a story of how—despite the challenges—Collinsworth became enchanted by the beguiling mysteries of the enigmatic Middle Kingdom.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
At the age of twenty-eight, Eden Collinsworth was cited as one of “Ten People to Watch” by Fortune magazine when she was named president and publisher of Arbor House Book Publishing Company, owned by the Hearst Corporation.
Recognized as a leader in the publishing industry by the New York Times, Forbes and the Wall Street Journal, Eden left the book business in 1990 to launch the Los Angeles-based monthly lifestyle magazine, BUZZ. As its founding president and CEO, she shepherded BUZZ through ten years of growth by entering into agreements with National Public Radio, Paramount Studios, and CBS-TV. BUZZ was nominated for a National Magazine Award the year it was sold to Cap-Cities/ABC.
In the third decade of Eden’s career, she was vice president and director of Cross Media Business Development at the Hearst Corporation, responsible for identifying and pursuing development opportunities, which crossed all of Hearst’s divisions, including magazines, newspapers, broadcast, and syndication.
In 2008, Eden became vice president, chief operating officer and chief-of-staff of The EastWest Institute, an international think tank acknowledged for bringing together business, civil society, and public sector individuals in order to shape practical solutions to global security threats. She was accountable for all operations, including the day-to-day performance of staff in New York, Brussels, Washington, D.C., and Moscow.
In 2011, Eden launched Collinsworth & Associates, a Beijing-based consulting company that specializes in intercultural communication. She is the author of a bestselling book on Western Business Deportment for the Chinese, published by Beijing Xiron Books Co., Ltd., one of the largest independent publishers in China. A Personal Guide to Effective Business Etiquette in Today’s Global World is currently used as a textbook in the MBA program at Peking University, where she also lectures. Profiled in Lunch with the FT, which was included in the Viking anthology Lunch with the FT: 52 Classic Interviews, Eden has also been featured on the BBC and CNN.
Eden is the author of a novel, It Might Have Been What He Said (Arcade/Little Brown).
She lives in London and New York.
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MY OLD NEIGHBORHOOD REMEMBERED
“Avery Corman has written a lyrical ode to another New York, a time when stickball and punchball and hanging out on stoops and drinking egg creams filled out afternoons, a city where people had an embracing sense of community. Reading this book is like gathering around a warm fire to hear tales spun by a master storyteller.” — Ken Auletta, author and New Yorker magazine writer
“This is a poignant and evocative book filled with lessons for today. It will strike a chord in you wherever you may have grown up.” —Walter Isaacson, author of #1 New York Times bestseller Steve Jobs
Like Norman Rockwell with words, New York Times bestselling author Avery Corman vividly recreates the vibrant, colorful neighborhood he grew up in — the Bronx in the 1940s and ‘50s — bringing to life a world and way of life now vanished. In My Old Neighborhood Remembered: A Memoir (Barricade Books; June 2014; $19.95), Corman, who wrote Kramer vs. Kramer and Oh, God!, conjures up the candy stores and bookmakers, egg creams and double feature movie shows, the old Yankee Stadium, the Polo Grounds, Jackie Robinson, strolling the Grand Concourse to “walk me for a soda” with friends, and barbershops where men congregated for hours. Gas rationing kept cars off the streets, so stickball games were almost daily events. Everyone rooted for the Giants, Dodgers, and the Yankees because they were all New York home teams, and a kid of 11 or 12 was at liberty to hop on a subway and visit Manhattan by himself.
More than a telling of times past, My Old Neighborhood Remembered is a lively and memorable urban history, with 16 black and white photographs. His was the generation of home front children during World War II, who became literate courtesy of Dick and Jane, newspaper war headlines, and comic books. There was a deep connection to place, a sense of community and shared experience. Corman also discusses the factors that altered the Bronx, in a decline that was particularly rapid and vast, before the area began to rebuild.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Avery Corman is the author of nine novels including Kramer vs. Kramer, the basis for the Academy Award-winning best picture, and so successful, many assumed he was divorced. He was happily married, though his parents were not, and that story is woven into his memoir. He wrote Oh, God! (it became the hit comedy movie starring George Burns), The Bust-Out King, The Old Neighborhood, Prized Possessions, The Big Hype, and A Perfect Divorce. He has also written non-fiction for many publications, including numerous articles for the New York Times.
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Monte Burke
In what Warren St. John calls “the most comprehensive portrait yet of football’s most enigmatic coach,” SABAN: The Making of a Coach (Simon & Schuster) is the first definitive biography of the most influential—and polarizing—man in the sport: Nick Saban. Burke’s interest in Saban stems from his August 2008 cover story for Forbes entitled “The Most Powerful Coach in Sports” which was so popular that the magazine issued a reprint of 10,000 copies to meet demand. Knowing there was still much to be discovered about Saban beyond his reputation for being unpredictable in his professional loyalties and uncompromising in his vision, Burke conducted more than 250 interviews with childhood friends, colleagues, rivals, former players, university trustees, beat reporters, and others to reveal the defining moments and individuals in Saban’s life which have made him the man and coach he is today.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Monte Burke is a staff writer at Forbes magazine and has also written for The New York Times, Outside, Men’s Journal, Town & Country, and Garden & Gun, among many other publications. He is the author of the books 4th and Goal and Sowbelly, and is a recipient of Barnes & Noble’s “Discover Great New Writers” award. He grew up in New Hampshire, Vermont, North Carolina, and Alabama, and now lives in Brooklyn with his wife and three daughters.
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How to F*ck a Woman
“Adler’s book is probably the most useful ‘how-to’ ever written. Trust me.” – Jenni Konner, writer, Executive Producer of HBO’s Girls
“A candid, funny and incredibly insightful book filled with great advice about relationships. If I weren’t John Stamos, I would really need this book.” – John Stamos
Acclaimed television writer Ali Adler has spent the better part of her professional career locked in male dominated comedy writers rooms. Along with the laughs came the eye-opening realization that these “boys,” who talk endlessly about women and sex, know nothing about women or sex.
Until now, most men have learned the ins and outs of sex from the male perspective, i.e. pornography, sex-ed gym teachers, and equally misinformed older brothers.
Thank goodness for gay women, the Rosetta Stone of human sexuality – both owners and operators of the enigmatic equipment that has stymied men since the dawn of time.
In How to F*ck a Woman (Weinstein Books: on sale May 26, 2015),Adler uses this uniqueperspective, as well as her familiarity with the male mind, to offer this profane, wildly funny, yet deeply insightful field manual for mutual sexual and emotional fulfilment.
Inside, Adler doles out advice in chapters dedicated to the importance of communication, provides readers with hilarious lists of do’s & don’ts, and offers detailed diagrams for the more visually stimulated gender.
How To F*ck A Womancombines humour, heart and essential instruction for both men and women who want to give and get the most out of their relationships. It will have every woman nodding her head in agreement and every man feverishly jotting down notes.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Ali Adler is a TV writer and producer. She is co-creator of The New Normal and executive producer, co-developer and writer of the upcoming Supergirl on CBS. She has also worked on Glee, Chuck, and Family Guy.
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Moguls, Monsters And Madmen
“An extraordinary look at a few influential power players that redefined Hollywood and the entertainment industry. Barry goes inside and gives you a front row seat.” —Ron Meyer, Vice Chairman, NBC Universal
“Nobody understands the brilliant, twisted, dark mind of an entertainment mogul better than Barry Avrich. Read this book. It’s thrilling — and terrifying.” — Michael Riedel, New York Post
“Barry has carved out a fascinating career walking a tightrope while simultaneously chronicling moguls and working for them. This book will be dangerously fascinating for those that love the machinations of Hollywood.” —James Earl Jones
Film producer/director and advertising executive Barry Avrich has created powerful documentaries on Harvey Weinstein, Lew Wasserman, and Bob Guccione, among others. He taught Prince Charles how to spin records, palled around with Vanity Fair columnist Dominick Dunne, who topped even Truman Capote’s capacity for celebrity access, and once “saved” Maggie Smith from a hotel she dubbed The Shining.
Now in his memoir Moguls, Monsters And Madmen: An Uncensored Life in Show Business (ECW Press; May 2016) Avrich spares no one, least of all himself, as he details his extraordinary relationships and encounters with legends like Frank Sinatra, Quincy Jones, Lauren Bacall, Shirley MacLaine, Harvey Weinstein, Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Tony Bennett, John Kenneth Galbraith, Kathleen Turner, and many others. In his foreword, Peter Fonda calls these accounts “some of the great show business stories in print today.”
In his sharp and witty exposé of show business and notorious characters, Barry reveals the shaping of his brand as a creative adman with the infamous convicted Broadway impresario Garth Drabinsky and the legendary Rolling Stones, Pink Floyd, and U2 promoter Michael Cohl. He shares the backstory to his most provocative films — like “The Last Mogul,” “Unauthorized,” and “Filthy Gorgeous,” and the unexpected, raucous, and outrageous experiences while hanging around with royalty, rogues, clients, and confidants.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Barry Avrich is a marketing executive, film and television producer, and philanthropist. His film documentaries on Harvey Weinstein, Lew Wasserman, Bob Guccione, and many others have been widely acclaimed. Author of three books on marketing, he has led thousands of cultural marketing campaigns for high profile clients and films. He led the strategy that won the 2015 Pan American Games for Toronto, and in 2008, built the Daniels Hollywood Theatre, the world’s first movie theatre in a hospital, at the Hospital for Sick Children. He is director of The Prince’s Charities Trust and Hot Docs, and previous director for TIFF. He lives in Toronto, Ontario.
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HOW THE WORLD SEES YOU
Know how you see yourself and how you see the world, but you are still missing a crucial piece of the story. In How the World Sees You: Discover Your Highest Value Through the Science of Fascination (HarperBusiness; July 1, 2014; $29.99) world-renowned branding and marketing expert Sally Hogshead reveals the powerful hidden weapons within your own personality that give you the tools you’ll need to fascinate everyone you speak to.
We live in a distracted and competitive world in which you have just a few seconds to grab someone’s attention. Hogshead gives the exact words you need to immediately impress and persuade others. You’ll quickly create your own “Anthem” ¾ the tagline for your personality. You’ll be able to confidently and authentically introduce yourself, write an online profile, or meet prospects. When you understand what others value in you, you can become their most valuable asset.
Sally Hogshead’s innovative science of fascination is based on a decade of research with 250,000 initial participants, including dozens of Fortune 500 teams, hundreds of small businesses, and over a thousand top C-level executives. In How the World Sees You, Hogshead puts this experience to work to show you how the world perceives you, which of your personality traits are most valuable to others, and how to play to your strengths, giving you an edge with your colleagues and your competitors.
How the World Sees You incorporates the revolutionary Fascination Advantage® online assessment that reveals how others perceive you. (What do co-workers admire about you? Are you unintentionally turning people off?) Your in-depth customized report details how you add value, including:
- Your personality’s top two most impressive and influential Advantages
- Your danger zone—situations that put you at a disadvantage, even damaging your reputation
- How to identify the hidden communication patterns of your team members, and how seemingly incompatible personality pairings can actually improve a team’s results
- The three deadly threats working against you and how to overcome them
- How to create your own Anthem, the descriptive phrase that highlights your strongest attributes
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Sally Hogshead rose to the top of the advertising profession writing ads that fascinated millions of consumers. Her previous book, Fascinate: Your 7 Triggers to Persuasion and Captivation, has been translated into over a dozen languages. She frequently appears in national media, including NBC’s Today show and The New York Times. Hogshead was recently inducted into the Speaker Hall of Fame, the industry’s highest award for professional excellence.
In today’s ultra-competitive atmosphere your success relies on understanding the impressions you create: research by the Carnegie Institute of Technology shows that 85% of your financial success is due to your personality and ability to communicate, negotiate, and lead. Insightful and inspiring, How the World Sees You helps you maximize those impressions, whether you’re looking to unlock the personality advantages you already possess or seeking to propel your staff to contribute at the highest levels. I hope you will consider How the World Sees You for prominent review or feature coverage and I look forward to discussing possibilities for this summer.
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Hot Water
This spring, the massive earthquake that devastated Japan triggered a crushing tsunami that crippled the country’s nuclear power grid, releasing contaminating levels of radiation from the stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. In response, Germany has sworn off nuclear power. On our own shores, the earthquake that shocked the Eastern seaboard sent Virginia’s North Anna nuclear plant, located 10 miles from the quake’s epicenter, into “cold shutdown” as the quake exceeded the ground motion its two reactors were designed to handle. Then Irene boiled up the coast. What if it had been a category 3 or 4 hurricane? What if the earthquake had lasted 30 seconds longer?
Now, in a convincing novel that runs tantalizingly close to nonfiction, Erin Brockovich combines the timely topics of safe power production, ongoing severe weather, and consumer activism. Her feisty and fearless environmental activist and single mom A.J. Palladino is back, and in Hot Water (Vanguard Press; November 2011; $25.99), the fast-paced and dramatic follow-up to Erin’s debut thriller Rock Bottom.
Once again exploring the issues she champions every day as an environmental and consumer advocate, Brockovich has crafted a compelling, can’t-put-it-down “cause” work, dedicated to the victims of the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami, that encourages people take control of their lives with the goal of preserving our environment and our future.
A.J. and her whip-smart, special-needs 9-year-old son David are still struggling with the loss of David’s father — a death blamed on A.J. by many in her Scotia, West Virginia hometown — when Owen
Grandel, the owner of a new nuclear facility designed to create medical isotopes with the potential to save millions of lives, knocks on her door. His offer? If she will use her high profile as “The People’s Champion” to help him convince protesters that his plant is safe, he will pay a cool $1 million, plus a $10,000 bonus for David’s education. Worried that she might be making a deal with the devil, A.J. agrees to leave for South Carolina after learning that further protestor delays could cost lives. Soon, her simple business trip spirals into disaster.
Her beloved grandmother Flora suffers a near-fatal accident back home, and David’s grandfather — the powerful and ruthless coal king Kyle Masterson — threatens in court for “emergency custody” of David, painting A.J. as an unfit mother. At the nuclear plant, someone is setting false radiation-leak alarms and activists are planning to steal the next shipment of radioactive isotopes, all to scare and destabilize the community. As A.J. hunts the homegrown terrorist who is attempting to take control of the nuclear plant, she is caught off-guard by the most crushing blow — her son disappears.
While A.J. works furiously to help restore plant operations before the damage escalates and meltdown occurs, her associate Elizabeth Hardy confronts the legal action brought by Masterson and calls on A.J.’s best friend from childhood, sheriff’s deputy Ty Stillwater, to help find the boy. Apprehensive and trying to secure David’s safe return, A.J., Elizabeth, and Ty are unaware that A.J. has become the prime target of a hit man.
Writing with award-winning medical suspense author C.J. Lyons, Erin Brockovich skillfully combines an irresistible can-do heroine and captivating characters with her hope of empowering people to take up the cause of keeping our environment clean and our natural resources protected. Hot Water is a thrilling novel that pulls you into the swirling tumult and does not let you go.
ABOUT THE AUTHORS
New York Times bestselling author Erin Brockovich was a legal clerk when she pursued evidence that amounted to the largest toxic tort injury settlement in U.S. history, forcing utility giant Pacific Gas & Electric to pay out $333 million in damages for contaminating the ground water of Hinkley, CA. Her story became the blockbuster movie “Erin Brockovich” that earned Julia Roberts an Academy Award. The next year, she published her New York Times bestselling motivational autobiography Take It From Me. Active on the motivational speaking circuit, with a thriving lecture series and a television talk show in development, Erin hosted ABC-TV’s “Challenge America with Erin Brockovich” and Lifetime’s
“Final Justice.” As president of Brockovich Research and Consulting, Brockovich continues her legal work and consults on numerous investigations into toxic spills, water and soil contamination, unexplained cancer clusters, fracking (a process used by oil and gas companies that contaminates ground water supplies), and other health hazards countrywide. She lives in Los Angeles. For more information, please visit www.brockovich.com
C.J. Lyons is a New York Times bestselling author. An award-winning medical suspense writer, her new book Blind Faith hit #2 on the New York Times Best Sellers list and is a USA Today bestseller, as well.
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Fear of Flying
Erica Jong’s groundbreaking first novel Fear of Flying set off fierce debates and a purchasing frenzy when first published 40 years ago. An international bestseller, it electrified readers around the world, shattered expectations of fiction by and about women, explored a new level of female sexual freedom, and fired changes that rippled through the zeitgeist faster than its freshly coined term, “zipless fuck.” Liberated by Isadora Wing’s journey of self-discovery, readers made certain this book has never been out of print, has sold over 20 million copies, and has been printed in 27 languages. Isadora Wing’s story is our own.
Fear of Flying remains as relevant and provocative as it was in 1973. Isadora now likely would fly American Airlines to Italy rather than the Pan Am flight referenced in the book, yet her inner monologue debating the importance of sex, education, marriage, child rearing, and career mirrors the top-of-mind concerns of today’s thirtysomethings. And without Fear of Flying, there would be no Sex in the City, no Fifty Shades of Grey, no “Girls.”
For the 40th Anniversary of the innovative and trend-setting novel, Henry Holt and Penguin Classics present two special editions: A tribute to the original hardcover, Fear of Flying: 40th Anniversary Edition, with a new introduction by Jennifer Weiner (Henry Holt and Company/ISBN: 978-0-8050-9858-7/On Sale October 8, 2013) and Fear of Flying: Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition, with a new introduction by Theresa Rebeck (Penguin Classics/ISBN: 978-0-14-310735-4/On Sale September 24, 2013).
The publishers are thrilled to reintroduce this timeless story to all those who bought it in 1973 and stuffed it under their mattresses, and equally excited to introduce it fresh to a new generation of readers, as well. Fear of Flying reminds women — and men — that the daringly bold prose of Erica Jong launched a new way of thinking about gender, sexuality, and liberty in our society. It also shows us that while we’ve made great strides, we still have a long way to go.
ABOUT ERICA JONG
Erica Jong’s best known work, Fear of Flying, has sold more than 20 million copies and been translated into 27 languages. Her other titles include celebrated fiction and nonfiction: Sugar in My Bowl, Sappho’s Leap; Fanny, Being the True History of the Adventures of Fanny Hackabout-Jones; Shylock’s Daughter (formerly titled Serenissima); Inventing Memory, a novel of mothers and daughters; Witches; What Do Women Want? and seven widely respected volumes of poetry, including Fruits & Vegetables, Half-Lives, Loveroot, At the Edge of the Body, and Becoming Light, among others. In 1998, she was honored with the United Nations Award for Excellence in Literature. She has received Poetry magazine’s Bess Hokin Prize and the Deauville Award for Literary Excellence in France. In Italy, she was given the Sigmund Freud Award for Literature in 1975. An honorary doctorate was bestowed on Jong by the College of Staten Island, part of the City University of New York.
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Eyes Wide Open
If you make the wrong choice when it comes to your morning coffee, one of up to 10,000 trivial decisions we make every single day, it doesn’t matter very much. But if you make the wrong choice in a high-stakes situation, if you pick the wrong surgeon or put your trust in the wrong financial advisor, if you choose the wrong partner or are swayed by the wrong advice of a colleague, the consequences could be disastrous.
In Eyes Wide Open: How to Make Smart Decisions in a Confusing World (HarperBusiness; $26.99; Hardcover), bestselling author and decision making authority Professor Noreena Hertz explains how to make better choices and smarter decisions in our personal and professional lives while navigating this age of information overload.
Studies show that after checking an email, we take an average of 22 minutes to get back to what we were doing at our original level of concentration. And that when bombarded by phone calls, texts and emails, our IQ falls by a disturbing 10 points. But regardless of how distracted we are, how much data swirls around us, and how unpredictable our world is today, we still have to make decisions constantly. And this cacophony doesn’t just impair our judgment; it’s also exhausting us and keeping us in a constant state of hormone-induced stress.
Cutting through the noise, Hertz advocates that for the sake of our health, our wealth, and our future security, we need to take a radically different approach to our decision-making process. Filled with practical suggestions and actionable advice, insights from sources as diverse as Hollywood Moguls and NASA scientists, and inspired by her own personal journey when six years ago she became very sick and had to make high stakes decisions for herself, as well as the latest research, this step-by-step guide reveals how to get better at collecting, filtering, and analyzing information, get smarter at establishing who to trust and whose recommendations to follow, get more confident at challenging authority, and get more adept at soliciting divergent opinions and evaluating diverse options. Hertz also illustrates how our emotions, feelings, moods, and memories affect our choices and points out the insidious ways our fast-paced environment is messing with our minds.
Throughout this game-changing book, the ideas of which were first mooted in her wildly popular 2011 Ted talk on the subject, Hertz shares findings, explores ideas, and offers insights including:
- Why it’s smart to be skeptical about experts and their pronouncements; and how to identify the best amongst them.
- Why you can’t assume that your doctor understands your test results, and how to make sense of these yourself.
- Why it’s crucial to carve out time to think even in times of crisis: If President Obama can find room in his schedule, and the best ER doctors can take a pause, so too can you.
- Why we can’t use the past as too fixed a steer and why we shouldn’t assume tomorrow will look like today-—lessons from Nokia and Harry Potter.
- Why, as a boss, you really don’t want to surround yourself with yes-men; why you do want to hire a Challenger in Chief, preferably who doesn’t look like you; and how to tap into the wisdom throughout your organization.
- How to regulate your emotional thermostat—and why if you want to make smart decisions, you need to.
- Why looking at information in black and white rather than in color can lead to better decisions; and why you need to be much more probing of that PowerPoint presentation.
- How to brush up on statistics and figure out what probabilities, risk assessments, and test results actually mean before you can decide what action to take.
- How social media and online forums can be a huge asset to your decision-making… as long as you understand their pitfalls.
Modern life is too complex for a one-size-fits-all decision-making template that can work for everyone at all times. Instead, the ultimate goal of Eyes Wide Open is to empower readers to become confident, independent, and wise decision-makers, and Noreena Hertz provides the tools, takeaways, and strategies for us to achieve this.
ABOUT NOREENA HERTZ
Noreena Hertz is a decision-making guru who advises some of the leading politicians and CEOs in the world on economics and geopolitics. Her internationally best-selling books, The Silent Takeover and I.O.U.: The Debt Threat and Why We Must Defuse It, have been translated into 18 languages. The Observer has named her “one of the world’s leading thinkers.” Vogue calls her “one of the world’s most inspiring women,” the Guardian has identified her as “one of the top British Public Intellectuals.” Noreena’s latest book, Eyes Wide Open: How to Make Smart Decisions in a Confusing World was published by HarperCollins in September 2013.
Hertz is a sought after broadcaster and commentator and regularly appears on flagship television programmes globally including BBC and CNN. She has been interviewed on shows like Charlie Rose and Hard Talk, and her work has been the subject of three broadcast documentaries. Her op-ed pieces have been published in such places as The Financial Times, The Times, The Guardian, Der Spiegel and The Washington Post.
Noreena is also an accomplished speaker and has provided keynote addresses at such forums as TED and the World Economic Forum. She regularly speaks at major corporate events all over the world. Noreena advises major multinational corporations, CEOs, NGOs and politicians, as well as start-up companies, and sits on various corporate and charitable boards. She played an influential role in the development of (RED), an innovative commercial model to raise money for people with AIDS in Africa, having inspired Bono (co-founder of the project) with her writings.
Professor Hertz is based at University College London.
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HAM
“A vividly crafted series of essays…a charmingly candid collection.” — Publishers Weekly
“[Harris] has the writing chops to tell a good tale…entertaining and occasionally moving tales from the wilds of showbiz.” — Kirkus
Introducing Ham: Slices of Life (Gallery Books; On-sale: January 14, 2014; Hardcover; $26.00) by Sam Harris — the first winner of “Star Search” whose diversified career has since run the gamut from multi-million-selling singer and songwriter to Tony-nominated actor to writer, director, and producer.
Writing with a wry style evocative of David Sedaris and David Rakoff, Harris shares sixteen stories from his life, from growing up gay in the buckle of America’s Bible belt (Sand Springs, OK) to performing on Oprah’s first show after 9/11.
In a review of one of Harris’s musical performances, The New York Times called his stories “New Yorker-worthy,” and he further proves himself as a natural humorist in HAM.
Chapters include:
- “Promises” – A front-row account of his best friend Liza Minnelli’s infamous wedding to “the man whose name shall go unmentioned.”
- “Drilling Without Novocain” – Harris details the sequence of losing his childhood home to a fire, his family’s temporary trailer home being destroyed in a tornado, and their newly constructed replacement home also burning down — all within the course of a year.
- “I Feel, You Feel” – Harris opens for Aretha Franklin during a blizzard.
- “I Know, Baby. I Know” – Harris visits Liza Minnelli in rehab for Family Week and walks away realizing the extent of his own alcohol addiction.
- “Liver” – The self-examination of his compulsion to smother grim reality with blind optimism.
- “Comfort Food” – It’s September 11, 2001 and Harris has just moved from New York to LA the day before. In the days following, Oprah calls and invites him to perform in her “Music to Heal Our Hearts” show.
Taking on issues as diverse as addiction, fame, and parenting with his hilarious and deeply human voice, Harris’s entertaining tales trace an arc of personal triumph that is universally accessible and inspiring.
ABOUT SAM HARIS
Sam Harris’s diversified career has run the gamut from multi-million-selling singer and songwriter to Tony-nominated actor to writer, director, and producer. After winning over a weekly audience of more than 25 million viewers as the first winner of “Star Search,” Sam has toured extensively in concert. He resides in Los Angeles with his husband and their son.
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Greetings From Utopia Park
“Claire Hoffman brilliantly captures a world that is at once familiar and exotic, yet it is more than that. It is about the meaning of faith in the modern world and how the simple desire for spiritual connection can sometimes lead to devastating consequences. I love it.” —Reza Aslan, author of the #1 New York Times bestselling Zealot
When Claire Hoffman’s alcoholic father leaves a pile of cash on their New York apartment table and disappears, her mother tells Claire and her brother, Stacey, that they are going to heaven—Maharishi’s Heaven on Earth in Iowa, ground zero for the Transcendental Meditation movement in America during the ’80s.
In this insular enclave, with its commitment to world peace and enlightenment, the Hoffmans find security, serenity, and connection—along with unique problems. Claire receives an unorthodox education, and meditation is graded. Increasingly skeptical, determined to make something of herself, Claire flees to her father in California.
Decades later, working in journalism and academia, Claire struggles with new motherhood and professional cynicism, and misses the vivid, hopeful, mystical essence of her youth. However, she realizes that a reckoning with her history in Iowa holds the key to moving forward. Returning to her hometown, she pursues a universal question: Can you reconcile cynicism about faith with a desire for the sacred?
With GREETINGS FROM UTOPIA PARK: Surviving a Transcendent Childhood (Harper; June 2016), Claire delivers a riveting chronicle of growing up in this remote Midwestern meditation community. Beautifully told, emotionally stirring, and unflinchingly candid, this exquisite memoir provides an immersive look into a closed society while it contemplates essential questions of meaning, faith, purpose, and fulfillment.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Claire Hoffman writes for national magazines and holds a master’s degree in religion from the University of Chicago, and a master’s degree in journalism from Columbia University. She was a staff reporter for the Los Angeles Times and Rolling Stone. She serves on the board of her family foundation, the Goldhirsh Foundation, as well as ProPublica and the Columbia Journalism School.
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Eragon: Collectors Edition
“Christopher Paolini make[s] literary magic with his precocious debut.” — People“Unusual, powerful, fresh, and fluid.” — Booklist Starred
“An auspicious beginning to both career and series.” — Publishers Weekly
Christopher Paolini was 15 when he began writing Eragon, Book One of the Inheritance cycle. Now, nearing 30, he enjoys a success that is as magical as the fantasy novels he writes. His Inheritance cycle (Eragon, Eldest, Brisingr andInheritance) has sold 35 million copies worldwide and is available in 125 countries in 49 languages. His journey has been extraordinary.
While most kids were playing baseball and soccer, Christopher, who was homeschooled, taught himself how to fence, weave, paint, and read ancient languages, and became expert at woodworking. He built a forge and created his own medieval armor. He read 3,000 books.
After graduating from the accredited distance-learning high school, American School, Christopher put pen to paper on his first novel. Inspired by the fantastic view of the jagged Beartooth Mountains from his bedroom window in Paradise Valley, Montana, he created a vibrant, compelling fantasy world. Helped by his family, Christopher self-published Eragon in February 2002. They sold nearly 10,000 copies through diligent self-promotion (including sales from the family car and Paolini visiting schools to address students his own age, in medieval costume).
In a few short months, everything changed. A Montana bookseller gave author Carl Hiaasen’s 12-year-old stepson—on vacation with his family—a copy of Paolini’s Eragon. The boy devoured it, declaring it better than Harry Potter. Hiaasen called his editor at Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers in New York. Quickly acquiring the series, Knopf (an imprint of Random House Children’s Books) edited the self-published Eragon and released it in August 2003, when Christopher was 19. It was an instant bestseller. Six months after publication, Eragon had already sold 1 million copies.
This fall, Knopf will celebrate the 10th anniversary of this worldwide phenomenon with the release of a collector’s edition of Eragon on October 22, 2013 (9780449819531 / $50.00). This faux-leather bound edition features gold-foil line art on the cover and six glossy, full-color original illustrations on the interior by award-winning artists who inspired Paolini—John Jude Palancar (the Inheritance cycle cover artist), Michael Hague, Donato Giancola, Ciurelo, and Raoule Vitale—as well as Paolini himself. Christopher’s large, diverse and intensely devoted fan base—including many parents who thank him because Eragonturned their reluctant readers into book lovers—are sure to add this special edition to their bookshelves.
Paolini broke sales records from the beginning. His second novel, Eldest, sold more than 425,000 hardcover copies in its first week, making it the greatest single-week sale ever recorded for a Random House Children’s Books title—hardcover or paperback—and the fastest-selling title in the publisher’s history. Brisingr and Inheritance released with 2.5 million copy first printings and Inheritance, the fourth and final book in the cycle, achieved the highest first-day sale in 2011 of any fiction or nonfiction adult or children’s title published in the U.S. and Canada, with a staggering 489,500 copies in print, digital, and audio formats. Paolini is greeted at every tour stop by screaming crowds numbering in the thousands.
ABOUT CHRISTOPHER PAOLINI
Christopher Paolini is one of today’s best-known fantasy writers with a fascinating and inspiring journey to share.
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Drinking in America
Since the beginning, drinking and taverns have been as much a part of American life as churches and preachers, or elections and politics. The interesting truth, untaught in most schools and unacknowledged in most written history, is that a glass of beer, a bottle of rum, a keg of hard cider, a flask of whiskey, or even a dry martini was often the silent, powerful third party to many decisions that shaped the American story from the seventeenth century to the present.
– From DRINKING IN AMERICA
In Drinking in America (Twelve – October 2015), bestselling author Susan Cheever chronicles our national love affair with liquor, giving alcohol its due as a stimulus and lubricant to some of the most pivotal moments in American history. This is the often-overlooked story of how alcohol has shaped events and the American character from the seventeenth to the twentieth century.
Drinking has always been a cherished American custom: a way to celebrate and a way to grieve and a way to take the edge off. At many pivotal points in our history—the Pilgrims’ illegal Mayflower landing at Cape Cod, the McCarthy witch hunts, and the Kennedy assassination, to name only a few—alcohol has acted as a catalyst. In Drinking in America, Cheever brings us the fascinating backstories to these famous – and infamous – moments.
The American character has always oscillated between temperance and drunkenness, between the inebriated and the teetotalers. Covering everything from Paul Revere stopping off to drink on his famous ride to “our drunken friend” Richard Nixon, Cheever takes a long, thoughtful look at the way alcohol has transformed our nation’s history, both for the good and for the bad.
Some nations drink more than we do, some drink less, but no other nation has been the drunkest in the world as America was in the 1830s only to outlaw drinking entirely a hundred years later. Both a lively history and an unflinching cultural investigation, Drinking in America unveils the volatile ambivalence within one nation’s tumultuous affair with alcohol.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Susan Cheever is the bestselling author of the biographies E.E. Cummings, American Bloomsbury, and My Name Is Bill, as well as five novels and four memoirs. Her work has appeared in The New Yorker, New York Times, and Newsday, among other magazines and anthologies. She has been a Guggenheim Fellow, has been nominated for a National Book Circle Award, and won the Boston Globe Winship medal. She attended Brown University and has taught at many places, including Yale, Brown, Columbia, the New School, and Bennington College.
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GRATITUDE AND TRUST
Oscar- and Grammy-winning songwriter Paul Williams is an alcoholic. Successful screenwriter and author Tracey Jackson is not.
Together, these two close friends have written Gratitude and Trust: Six Affirmations That Will Change Your Life (Blue Rider Press / September 2014), applying the principles of the recovery movement to help countless individuals who are not addicts yet seek effective help with their difficulties — credit card debt, anger issues, a victim mentality — and pain. Williams and Jackson have designed a new, positive program, based on Six Affirmations of Personal Freedom, to guide you toward conquering your vices, addressing personal dysfunction, and starting to brighten the darkest moods, to find contentment and happiness.
Williams, the multi-award-winning songwriter, actor, and performer, has embraced a traditional alcoholism recovery plan for more than two decades of sobriety. Jackson, a well-known TV and film writer—and veteran of many years of traditional therapy—though never an alcohol or drug abuser, has struggled with other negative behaviors to numb her pain such as men, cigarettes, and over-spending. Jackson realized that many of the tenets of Williams’s program could apply to her and in Gratitude and Trust, the authors answer the questions: What happens to those who face vexing problems yet are not full-blown addicts? Are there any lessons to be learned from the foundational and time-tested principles of the recovery movement?
Whether you’re tethered to your phone or you use food for comfort; whether you’re a perfectionist and can’t let things go or are too afraid to fail to even try; whether you can only find intimacy online or you’ve been involved in a string of nasty relationships—the first step toward feeling better about yourself and your life is the realization that you are what’s standing in your way. Williams and Jackson’s Six Affirmations of Personal Freedom include:
- Something Needs to Change, and it’s Probably Me
- I Don’t Know How to Do This But Something Inside Me Does
- I Will Learn From My Mistakes and Not Defend Them
- I Will Make Right the Wrongs I’ve Done Wherever Possible
- I Will Examine My Behavior on a Daily Basis
- I will live in Love and Service. Gratitude and Trust.
Together these affirmations make up a set of tools to break bad habits by recognizing the behavior and replacing it with a healthy routine. A routine that, if followed with consistency, will become your new way of life.
ABOUT THE AUTHORS
Paul Williams is an Oscar-, Grammy-, and Golden Globe-winning Hall of Fame songwriter (“Rainbow Connection,” “Evergreen,” and “We’ve Only Just Begun”). Winner of a 2014 album of the year Grammy as a collaborator on Daft Punk’s “Random Access Memories” and President of the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP), he is a major public force in the recovery movement, a graduate of UCLA’s Drug and Alcohol Counseling Certification Program, and has served as a member of the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence Board of Directors. He was a founding board member and counselor for the Musicians Assistance Program (MAP), now the treatment wing of MusiCares. He has been a passionate public advocate for the recovery movement for the past twenty-four years.
Tracey Jackson wrote the films “Confessions of a Shopaholic,” “The Guru,” and “The Other End of the Line,” among others. She has also written twelve TV pilots, and created the series “Babes” for Fox TV. Tracey wrote, directed, and starred in the controversial documentary “Lucky Ducks,” which can be seen on Amazon, Journeyman Docs, and pay for view. Her first book, Between a Rock and Hot Place: Why Fifty is Not the New Thirty, came out in 2011 and was optioned for a TV movie by Lifetime. Tracey blogs on traceyjacksononline.com, and has blogged for Huffington Post, WOWOWOW, Society for Drug Free America, Tiny Buddha, and various other sites. She runs GratitudeandTrust.com with Paul Williams.
Gratitude and Trust is an essential, inspirational, and uplifting guide to identifying and changing maladaptive behaviors in order to uncover your most productive, healthiest self. I will call you soon to discuss review and feature possibilities with you.
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Dr. Jeffry Life
“Dr. Life lives and breathes a paradigm of health, vitality, and fitness—men everywhere would be smart to follow his example.” — Anthony Robbins, entrepreneur, author, and Peak Performance Strategist
This is not your wife’s health plan, nor your girlfriend’s. Following his New York Times bestseller Mastering the Life Plan, Dr. Jeffry S. Life continues to combine proven science with his encouraging message for men: it’s never too late to transform your body, your health, your libido, and your life. Now, in his new book, Mastering the Life Plan: The Essential Steps to Achieving Great Health and a Leaner, Stronger, and Sexier Body (Atria Books, March 19, 2013, ISBN: 9781451681703), Dr. Life distills his highly successful program designed specifically for men into simple steps that readers can further customize to their individual needs.
At 74 years of age, with an unbelievably toned torso and biceps that any thirtysomething male would envy, Dr. Life is living proof that his program of exercise, nutrition, hormones, and holistic medicine has extraordinary and lasting results. He offers all men a method for developing and sustaining a younger, healthier body – and the more fulfilling life that comes with it.
Dr. Life is at the forefront of a growing trend in medicine: applying preventative best practices to achieve healthy aging rather than waiting for and then treating chronic disease. In this motivating and life-changing book, he tells men how they can turn their health around, regain their energy and competitive edge, prevent disease, and reverse aging.
Mastering the Life Plan is the one plan that men can take and follow no matter their level of fitness, and it’s perfect for business travel, with its at-home or on-the-road workouts. It incorporates new exercises that are accompanied by photos demonstrating proper body position, fresh meal plans, an expanded food guide, and the latest information on hormone optimization, giving a deeper understanding of therapies, controversies, myths, and realities. Dr. Life addresses the “Deadly Myths of Heart Disease” that men need to know, and outlines the importance of nutraceuticals — supplements that provide the right vitamins, minerals, essential fatty acids, and antioxidants to fight disease, improve libido, and sharpen the mind. He also includes health management charts and guides, plus a comprehensive chart to health tests that every man must request.
Rich with dozens of personal anecdotes and success stories from men who have already embraced The Life Plan and have seen significant change to the way they both look and feel, this empowering, revolutionary, step-by-step program will enable men to slow aging and live life more fully no matter what shape they are in. More than a diet or exercise plan, Mastering the Life Plan is a resource for men who want to take control of their physical and emotional health to live their best possible lives.
ABOUT DR. JEFFRY LIFE
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Jeffry S. Life, M.D., Ph.D., is the New York Times bestselling author of The Life Plan. At a vibrant 74 years of age, he is in great shape, practicing medicine, and at the top of the healthy aging field. He is a senior partner at Cenegenics® in Las Vegas, one of the world’s largest age management medical practices. He has been featured in The New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, and Esquire magazine, as well as on national television, including “The Doctors,” “Dr. Phil,” and “Fox & Friends.” -
DOUBLE OR NOTHING
Americans have caught green felt fever, and gambling is staking its claim as one of the country’s hottest new pastimes. Now, revealing the smarts, loyalty, and sheer love of the game that would draw a nod from Danny Ocean, Tom Breitling—a guy who had never seen The Godfather or a $100 bill until he went to college—tells how he and his best friend Tim Poster made their second $100 million in Vegas by age 35. Double or Nothing: How Two Friends Risked It All to Buy One of Las Vegas’ Legendary Casinos (Collins; March 18, 2008; $24.95) is an engrossing true story of friendship, fearless gamesmanship, trust, risk-taking, and how Tom and Tim, the youngest casino owners in the history of Nevada, hit the jackpot in two industries.
Call them the Odds Couple. Tom, a self-proclaimed “square from Barnesville, U.S.A.,” is practical and precise (ploddish, Tim might say). Tim, with his brilliant mind for numbers and gambler’s instincts, was already doing brisk business as a bookie (and was once 20 grand in the hole) while attending Bishop Gorman High School, where casino chips were welcome in the chapel collection plate at graduation. Together, they called Barry Diller’s bluff, appeared on People’s 50 Hottest Bachelors list, starred in the reality TV show “The Casino,” partnered with Andre Agassi and Perry Rogers, and went on the ride of their lives.
In Double or Nothing, Breitling and co-author Cal Fussman retrace the astounding arc of Tom and Tim’s careers. A young college graduate hoping to be the next Bob Costas, Breitling landed his first broadcasting job at KHIZ-TV in California before joining Tim’s company, Las Vegas Reservation Systems, Inc., a hotel room rental business built around the merchant model Tim devised during an entrepreneurial class at USC. Tom added one of the first automatic online reservation systems that allowed people to search, compare, and reserve hotel space via the Internet. Playing their two great hands—the dot-com/Internet explosion and the Las Vegas hotel-building boom—they co-founded Travelscape. Selling the company in 2000 to Expedia, in a deal valued at more than $100 million, the partners’ next big score was The Golden Nugget hotel-casino property in Las Vegas.
It was a toss of the dice that put everything at risk—their reputations, their friendship, and every cent they had. “People in the know were truly scared for us,” says Breitling in Double or Nothing. Faced with inexperienced dealers, dishonest cashiers, and high rollers who took their house profits on half-a-million-dollar swings, Breitling and Poster
- Get the Best of It – Intent and intense, they work 90-hour weeks and lavish personal attention on customers, nurture their “whales” (big spenders), and restore “vintage Vegas” glamour to The Golden Nugget;
- Learn from the Legends – Las Vegas greats from Elaine and Steve Wynn to Tony Bennett become friends and mentors (a prized possession is the portrait Tony painted for them);
- Survive the Scrutiny – The FBI and the Gaming Control Board suspect them of illegalities and the newspapers paint them as mobsters;
- Pay Attention to the Partnership – Tensions escalate when Tom “drinks the Kool-Aid hype” that surrounds them, a gambler starts taking the Nugget for $8 million, and a woman comes between them;
- Turn the Tables– The partners sell The Golden Nugget, making $113 million in profit (226% on their $50 million investment)—called the highest rate of return in such a short time in the gaming industry. As businessmen and community leaders, the partners give back and scan for the next great roll of the dice.
Double or Nothing takes us into the hurly-burly of big stakes gamblers and chumps, and into the heart of the phenomenally successful business partnership and friendship of Tom Breitling and Tim Poster. Introducing a host of unforgettable characters like Big Frank, The Captain, The Sniffer, and more, plus the behind-the-scenes secrets of counting cards and working blackjack, the scams players pull, and the value of a man’s word as his bond, Double or Nothing is a memorable and mesmerizing insider’s look at two great American arts—business and gaming.
ABOUT THE AUTHORS
Tom Breitling is the president of Breitling Ventures, a private investment company. Together with his friend and business partner Tim Poster, he made his second $100 million by age 35. A student mentor and on the Capital Campaign committee for the Andre Agassi College Preparatory Academy, a K-12 model charter school, he is a graduate of the University of San Diego. Breitling lives with his wife in Las Vegas.
Cal Fussman has been a writer-at-large for Esquire magazine since 1997. He has interviewed Jimmy Carter, George Clooney, Bruce Springsteen, Muhammad Ali, Robert DeNiro, Jeff Bezos, Michael Eisner, and Tommy Franks, among many others. Author of After Jackie: Pride, Prejudice, and Baseball’s Forgotten Heroes, an Entertainment Weekly Pick of the Week, he lives with his family in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
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Do the KIND Thing
For the socially conscious reader of Blake Mycoskie’s Start Something That Matters, Tony Hsieh’s Delivering Happiness, and Howard Schultz’s Onward comes an inspiring handbook for success in business, life, and the all-important task of building a more compassionate world—by the visionary CEO of KIND Healthy Snacks.
When Daniel Lubetzky started KIND Healthy Snacks in 2004, he aimed to defy the conventional wisdom that snack bars could never be both tasty and healthy, convenient and wholesome. A decade later, the transformative power of the company’s “AND” philosophy has resulted in an astonishing record of achievement. KIND has become the fastest-growing purveyor of healthy snacks in the country. Meanwhile, the KIND Movement—the company’s social mission to make the world a little kinder—has sparked more than a million good deeds worldwide.
In Do the KIND Thing (Ballentine Books, April 2015), Lubetzky shares the revolutionary principles that have shaped KIND’s business model and led to its success, while offering an unfiltered and intensely personal look into the mind of a pioneering social entrepreneur. Inspired by his father, who survived the Holocaust thanks to the courageous kindness of strangers, Lubetzky began his career hand selling a sun-dried tomato spread made collaboratively by Arabs and Jews in the war-torn Middle East. Despite early setbacks, he never lost his faith in his vision of a “not-only-for-profit” business—one that sold great products and helped to make the world a better place.
While other companies let circumstances force them into choosing between two seemingly incompatible options, people at KIND say “AND.” At its core, this idea is about challenging assumptions and false compromises. It is about not settling for less and being willing to take greater risks, often financial. It is about learning to think boundlessly and critically, and choosing what at first may be the tougher path for later, greater rewards. By using illuminating anecdotes from his own career, and celebrating some past failures through the lessons learned from them, Lubetzky outlines his core tenets for building a successful business and a thriving social enterprise. He explores the value of staying true to your brand, highlights the importance of transparency and communication in the workplace, and explains why good intentions alone won’t sell products.
Engaging and inspirational, Do the KIND Thing shows how the power of AND worked wonders for one company—and could empower the next generation of social entrepreneurs to improve their bottom line and change the world.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Daniel Lubetzky is a pioneering social entrepreneur known for integrating social objectives with sustainable market-driven forces to forge new business models that build bridges between people. He is the CEO and founder of KIND Healthy Snacks and the KIND Movement. He is also founder of PeaceWorks and OneVoice, and cofounder of the apparel company Maiyet. Lubetzky has received numerous awards and recognitions for his humanitarian efforts and his business practices; among them he’s been named one of America’s Most Promising Social Entrepreneurs in BusinessWeek, one of 25 Responsibility Pioneers by Time, one of the Creativity 50 by Advertising Age, and one of the 100 Most Intriguing Entrepreneurs at the Goldman Sachs Builders and Innovators Summit. He has received Entrepreneur of the Year awards from both Entrepreneur magazine and Ernst & Young. He lives in Manhattan with his wife and four children.
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Dinner With Jackson Pollock
Jackson Pollock the artist needs no introduction—but lesser known is Jackson Pollock the gardener, baker, and dinner-party host. Food preparation for Jackson and his wife, artist Lee Krasner, was not a tiresome daily chore but an extension of their creative outlook that blossomed into a shared passion. Planting, gathering, fishing, and clamming for fresh seasonal ingredients connected Jackson to nature, which fed his inner creative terrain and in turn inspired many of his greatest works.
Featuring recipes collected from handwritten pages scrawled by Lee, Jackson, his mother, Stella, traded among their many friends in the town of Springs on Long Island, and gleaned from well-worn newspaper clippings tucked into their cookbooks and recipe files, Dinner with Jackson Pollock is a seamless blend of the fresh local ingredients Jackson and Lee grew and cooked, and the nature that influenced their art.
Robyn Lea weaves together tales from interviews with Jackson and Lee’s family and local friends, and her photographs perfectly complement these culinary records, including still lives inside the Pollock-Krasner home, Pollock’s studio, and beautiful portraits of each delectable recipe. From starters and entrees to side dishes, breads, and desserts, more than 50 tried-and-true favorites include Stella’s Potato Pancakes, Perle Fine’s Bouillabaisse, Jackson’s Classic Rye Bread, Jackson’s Famous Spaghetti Sauce, Jackson’s Prize-Winning Apple Pie, Elaine de Kooning’s Fruit & Grain Salad, and Rita Benton’s Pecan Torte with Mocha Frosting.
Interspersed with Jackson’s masterworks and family photo album snapshots, this deeply researched volume also includes a preface by Jackson’s niece Francesca Pollock, and a foreword by Helen Harrison, director of the Pollock-Krasner House and Study Center. Dinner with Jackson Pollock is truly a unique and insightful portrait of Pollock and a delightful taste of Springs
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Congressman Tim Ryan
We Americans love our food. It’s part of what has made this nation great. Our fertile farmlands and the abundance and variety of our agricultural output are the envy of the world. For most of our history, we lived close to the land, food was accessed locally, and we processed it in our own kitchens. But as our population and economy boomed in the last century and we concentrated in the cities, we industrialized our food system—with food coming far from home and processed multiple times. As foods rich in natural taste declined, we relied on high amounts of added sugar, fat, and salt to entice our palates. And it has taken a toll: our soil is polluted, our practices are unsustainable, and our health problems, including everything from allergy-related disease to obesity, are on the rise. This has all contributed to historic levels of heart disease, stroke, diabetes, and other causes of preventable death.
The good news is that people are starting to find solutions. They’re voting with their pocketbooks for a new kind of food system—family farm, 21st century style. Suburban and urban moms (and dads) want to know what’s in their food and where it comes from. No more snack packs, Ding Dongs, and soda for lunch. This revolution is not only in how people eat, but also in how they are grow, distribute, shop for, and prepare food. And the food is better tasting, better looking, and better for you.
The Real Food Revolution (Hay House / October 14, 2014) by Congressman Tim Ryan is a manifesto for this new food movement.
This is a non-partisan, good news message that will inform, inspire, and help readers around the country get involved. The era of the Twinkie and the hot-dog-stuffed-crust pizza has been fun, but now it’s time for a change.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Tim Ryan was first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 2002, at the age of 29, and is currently serving in his fifth term representing Ohio’s 17th Congressional District. He maintains a strong commitment to the economic and social well-being of his constituents in northeast Ohio. He serves as a member of the House Armed Services Committee, as well as its Subcommittees on Readiness and on Emerging Threats and Capabilities.
He also serves as a member of the House Budget Committee and co-chairman of the Congressional Manufacturing Caucus.
Congressman Ryan has a daily mindfulness meditation practice. He has been an outspoken advocate for promoting mindfulness practice as an aid to dealing with the variety of complex problems facing the nation. During his tenure in the House, he has helped to get mindfulness and social and emotional learning programs established in several schools in his district. He also spearheaded a conference at a medical school in his district on Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction.
Congressman Ryan is a 4-time recipient of the Golden Triangle Award, the National Farmers Union’s highest legislative honor. The award is presented to members of Congress who have demonstrated leadership and support policies that benefit America’s family farmers, ranchers, fishermen and rural communities.
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Colleen Saidman Yee
“There are so many maladies that keep the body and mind from working optimally. Colleen Saidman Yee tells us her story and how yoga has unraveled the knots that have been stored from different traumas and everyday life. The yoga solutions she offers are a first aid kit that we should be schooled in. This book is a must for your library of home health.” —Mark Hyman, MD, Director, Cleveland Clinic Center for Functional Medicine and author of #1 New York Times bestseller, The Blood Sugar Solution 10 Day Detox Diet
Highly sought-after, superstar yoga teacher Colleen Saidman Yee is called the “first lady of yoga” by the New York Times. Her classes are over-subscribed and mat-to-mat filled. Now, she shares her popular yoga method for the first time in a book, along with the remarkable story of how she overcame early rebellious years and a heroin habit to become an internationally sought fashion model, and then a globally respected teacher and activist. She attributes her success to the healing power of yoga.
In YOGA FOR LIFE: A Journey to Inner Peace and Freedom (Atria Books; June 2015), Colleen Saidman Yee tells how she found clarity, fulfillment, and her true self and voice, and continues inspiring others to experience the deep and lasting change yoga can nurture.
“Women are strong and beautiful, and we are also in pain—physical, emotional, and psychological—stemming from past or present trauma,” says Colleen. “Yoga gives us tools to overcome the obstacles that exist between us and freedom, joy, and gratitude. I see why women come to yoga; they want to reclaim something in themselves. It’s beautiful to watch.”
Candid and revealing, Colleen covers her coming of age, drug addiction, modeling career, navigating marriage, divorce, and motherhood, and learning to cope with a frightening seizure disorder and grieving a beloved parent. She discusses how yoga has helped her understand her true value as a person and meet the right life partner, as she found her way in her lightning-rod relationship with her husband, Rodney Yee, another powerhouse yoga teacher. She also imparts perceptions from her time in India with Mother Theresa’s sisterhood.
Colleen presents personal anecdotes, compassionate insights, and practical instructions for applying yoga to everyday issues and anxieties. Specific yoga sequences address everything from hormonal mood swings to detoxing, depression, stress, and increased confidence and energy. Step-by-step instructions and 100 photographs demonstrate her signature flow of poses so you can follow them with ease and begin to experience the benefits that transformed her life.
Colleen Saidman Yee is an internationally respected yoga teacher. For 20 years, she was a top global fashion model, represented by Elite and Ford Models. She and her husband, Rodney Yee, another world-renowned teacher, lead the premier studio Yoga Shanti, with locations in New York City, Sag Harbor, and Westhampton Beach, New York. With Donna Karan and Rodney, Colleen created and runs the Urban Zen Integrative Therapy Program, utilized in healthcare facilities around the country. She has been featured in The New York Times, New York magazine, Vanity Fair, and O, The Oprah Magazine, among many others. She lives in Sag Harbor, NY.
Yoga For Life, written with Susan K. Reed, offers techniques to bring awareness to every part of your physical and spiritual being, allowing you to feel truly alive and to embody the peace of the present moment.
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Chineasy
Chinese is one of our oldest written languages, considered by many to be one of the most difficult to master, especially for Westerners. Spurred by China’s growing cultural and economic influences, there is a strong interest in learning this ideographic language, but how do we scale the Great Wall of an “alphabet” composed of symbols? Chineasy: The New Way to Read Chinese (Harper Design; on sale March 11, 2014) by ShaoLan Hsueh allows people to learn to read Chinese with a ground-breaking approach that transforms key Chinese characters into illustrations for easy recall and comprehension.
Helping Westerners leap the language barrier, ShaoLan used her entrepreneurial and cultural background to “decode” Chinese characters, creating a simple system for quickly understanding the basic building blocks of the written language. Working with renowned illustrator Noma Bar, she has turned key Chinese characters into pictographs that are engaging and easy to remember. She teaches these characters, the language’s foundation, and then shows how they can be combined to form new words and phrases. Wallpaper* Magazine has given CHINEASY its 2014 Design Award as “Life-Enhancer of the Year.”
In fewer than two hundred pages, readers of all ages will be able to navigate a Chinese menu, read signs and billboards, and begin to understand the meaning of basic articles in a Chinese newspaper.
ABOUT SHAOLAN HSUEH
ShaoLan Hsueh is a bestselling author and entrepreneur with extensive experience in both Asia and Europe. While studying for her MBA at 22 in Taiwan, she wrote four bestselling books on software that were named “Book of the Year.” At 24, she co-founded pAsia, one of the major Internet solution providers in Asia in the ‘90s. In 2005, after completing her second master’s degree at the University of Cambridge, she founded Caravel Capital in London to advise young technology companies. CHINEASY is for ShaoLan a return to her artistic upbringing, an arts project that is the culmination of her life’s journey through the East and West. For Westerners, CHINEASY is a unique, lively, and beautifully envisioned “new route” into China through its language.
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BUZZ BOOKS 2014: Fall/Winter
New York, NY – May 13, 2014 – Fulfilling their promise when launched in 2012, the free digital Publishers Lunch Buzz Books have proven themselves the first and best place for booklovers to discover and sample some of the most acclaimed books of the year, before they are published. Publishers Lunch again has gathered substantial excerpts from 32 of the most buzzed-about books scheduled for publication this fall and winter in an exclusive, free new ebook, BUZZ BOOKS 2014: Fall/Winter. The edition gives readers an early first look at Audrey Magee’s The Undertaking, already shortlisted for the Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction 2014; the highly anticipated finale to Deborah Harkness’ #1 New York Times bestselling All Souls trilogy and the stunning conclusion to Lev Grossman’s New York Times bestselling Magicians trilogy; exciting debut fiction in Matthew Thomas’ We Are Not Ourselves and Jessie Burton’s The Miniaturist, to be published in 30 countries; and Neil Patrick Harris’ Neil Patrick Harris: Choose Your Own Autobiography. Among many others are selections from captivating debuts, such as The Story of Land and Sea from Katy Simpson Smith, which generated great attention at the Frankfurt Book Fair; the next highly anticipated works from bestselling authors, like The Secret Place from Tana French (In the Woods, Broken Harbor); and compelling nonfiction including Billy Idol’s Dancing with Myself and Alan Cumming’s Not My Father’s Son.
And for the first time, Publishers Lunch is presenting a stand-alone volume previewing a wealth of outstanding material from one of the hottest segments of publishing, BUZZ BOOKS 2014: Young Adult. Why wait for a taste of eagerly awaited books like Belzhar, based on Sylvia’s Plath’s The Bell Jar, from bestselling adult author Meg Wolitzer (The Interestings), Carl Hiaasen’s Skink — No Surrender, or the first book in James Frey’s Endgame trilogy, which includes innovative interactive elements developed in Google’s Niantic Labs? Also included are excerpts from New York Times bestselling author Ellen Hopkins’ Rumble, Eric Kahn Gale’s The Zoo at the Edge of the World, and Tanuja Desai Hidier’s Bombay Blues. Garth Nix offers the latest in his bestselling series, Clariel: The Lost Abhorsen, and A. J. Betts examines an unlikely friendship with Zac and Mia. Passionate readers everywhere can preview a favorite author’s next work or discover a powerful debut novel before it’s in print, enjoying the same early access to important new titles that publishing insiders get.
As booksellers and publishers prepare to converge on New York for the annual Book Expo America convention, BUZZ BOOKS 2014: Fall/Winter and BUZZ BOOKS 2014: Young Adult bring the pleasure of touted forthcoming books to everyone. Enjoy a first look at Frank Portman’s return with King Dork Approximately, and Robin Talley’s debut Lies We Tell Ourselves, each featured in a BEA YA Editors Buzz panel. Attending BEA this year are BUZZ BOOKS authors Alexandra Adornetto, Kimberly Belle, Sara Blaedel, Jessie Burton (BEA Editors Buzz panel), Alan Cumming, Eric Devine, Becca Fitzpatrick, James Frey, Eric Kahn Gale (BEA YA Editors Buzz panel), Anne Girard, Lev Grossman, Philip Gulley, Deborah Harkness, Neil Patrick Harris, Carl Hiaasen, Billy Idol, Julie Kagawa, Greer Macallister, Brandon Mull, Jandy Nelson, Garth Nix, Matt Richtel, John Scalzi, Robin Talley, Matthew Thomas (BEA Editors Buzz panel), Ben Tripp, Scott Westerfeld, Meg Wolitzer, and Amy Zhang.
BUZZ BOOKS 2014 and BUZZ BOOKS 2014: Young Adult, free from Publishers Lunch, are offered in consumer and trade editions. The consumer edition is available in the U.S. on all major ebook platforms, including Kindle/Amazon, Nook/Barnes & Noble, iBookstore, Sony, Google Play, Kobo, and the universe of retailers served by Ingram, such as Powell’s. It includes an extensive overview of the fall/winter publishing season, with over 100 titles to look out for, and click-throughs to pre-order or buy the full books on major platforms. Fifteen of the adult titles featured in last year’s Buzz Books 2013 were named to one or more major “Best Books of 2013” lists, and ten became bestsellers. Of the 25 books published to date and previewed in the 2014 Spring/Summer edition, ten have made “best of the month” lists and three are New York Times bestsellers.
The trade editions — found at PublishersMarketplace.com and through NetGalley — feature extensive trade information for each title. In most cases, full digital galleys are available to the trade on request from NetGalley, via click-throughs in the trade edition.
In BUZZ BOOKS 2014: Fall/Winter and in the exciting new collection BUZZ BOOKS 2014: Young Adult, Publishers Lunch helps readers and trade insiders alike discover electrifying upcoming books via a fascinating collection. Follow @PublishersLunch for the latest updates on #BuzzBooks.
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ABOUT PUBLISHERS LUNCH
Publishers Lunch is the industry’s “daily essential read,” the largest book publishing publication in the world, now shared with more than 45,000 publishing people every day. Each report gathers together stories from all over the web and print that are of interest to the professional trade book community, with original reporting and analysis added in. The full version, Publishers Lunch Deluxe, is e-mailed every business day to members of PublishersMarketplace.com. It contains five to ten stories and links a day, or more, plus different standing weekly features. The individual Buzz Books titles — and a full in-print catalog of over 1 million books — can be found at the publisher’s online book discovery store, Publishers Lunch Bookateria, which features dozens of curated lists of recommended titles. The “industry insider’s” view taps into “buzz books” touted as new discoveries of note, and drawing on recommendations from a variety of booksellers and bellwether award nominations to connect avid readers everywhere to great reads. Follow Publishers Lunch on Facebook and Twitter.
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Buzz Books
Why wait for a taste of highly anticipated books like ex-CIA operative Valerie Plame’s debut fiction, Blowback, a contemporary international thriller by the New York Timesbestselling author of Fair Game? Now, passionate readers everywhere can preview a favorite author’s next work or discover a powerful debut novel before it’s in print, enjoying the same early access to important new titles that publishing insiders get. Building on its popular Buzz Books series, Publishers Lunch, the “daily essential read” known for its incisive insider commentary on publishing, has gathered substantial excerpts from 40 of the most buzzed-about books scheduled for publication this fall and winter in an exclusive, free new ebook, Buzz Books 2013: Fall/Winter (Download Buzz Books 2013). More than half of the adult titles featured in last year’s Buzz Books 2012 were named to one or more major “Best Books of 2012” lists, and ten became bestsellers; already nearly half of the books featured and previewed in the 2013 Spring/Summer edition have made “best of the month” lists from major booksellers over the past three months.
As booksellers and publishers prepare to converge on New York for the annual Book Expo America convention, Buzz Books 2013: Fall/Winter brings the pleasure of touted forthcoming books to everyone. Enjoy a first look at Actors Anonymous from James Franco, The Valley of Amazementfrom Amy Tan, We Are Water from Wally Lamb, Dissident Gardens from Jonathan Lethem, or On Such a Full Sea from Chang-rae Lee (whose The Surrendered was a nominated finalist for the 2011 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction). Coming in October, Johnny Carson reveals the King of Late Night at the height of his fame and power, as seen by his lawyer, wingman, fixer, and closest confidant, Henry Bushkin; you can get a sneak peek.
With shorter collections and digital “singles” gaining popularity among readers, Buzz Books 2013 gathers 40 great “singles” in single volume of 750 pages in its printed version. Buzz Books 2013 includes selections from captivating debuts, such as Anything That Moves fromNew Yorker writer Dana Goodyear, a range of titles from the flourishing field of young adult and children’s literature (including Newbery winner Cynthia Voigt and Tamora Pierce), news-making nonfiction, and the next highly anticipated works from bestselling authors, like The Signature of All Things from Elizabeth Gilbert (Eat, Pray, Love; Committed) and W is for … from Sue Grafton. The Witness Wore Red from Rebecca Musser is a gripping account of her struggle to escape religious fanaticism and sexual slavery, taking the witness stand to put Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints president Warren Jeffs in prison for life (she was coerced to become the 19th wife of his 85-year-old father while in her teens).
Buzz Books 2013, free from Publishers Lunch, is offered in consumer, international and trade editions. The consumer edition is available in the U.S. on all major ebook platforms, including Kindle/Amazon, Nook/Barnes & Noble, iBookstore, Sony, Google Play, Kobo, and the universe of retailers served by Ingram, such as Powell’s. It includes an extensive overview of the fall/winter publishing season, with over 100 titles to look out for, and click-throughs to pre-order or buy the full books on major platforms.
The trade edition — found at PublishersMarketplace.com and through NetGalley — features extensive trade information for each title. In most cases, full digital galleys are available to the trade on request from NetGalley, via click-throughs in the trade edition.
In Buzz Books 2013, Publishers Lunch helps readers and trade insiders alike discover exciting upcoming books via a fascinating collection. Follow @PublishersLunch for the latest updates on #BuzzBooks.
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Bread & Butter
At long last, the holy grail of gluten-free baking: airy, light, chewy, and tender breads, from Erin McKenna, the woman who also cracked the code of vegan frosting.
For the twenty million Americans (including baker and founder of BabyCakes NYC Erin McKenna) who are gluten sensitive or intolerant (and the 30 percent of adults interested in cutting back on the amount of gluten they consume), it is torturous to watch a basket filled with warm rolls or chewy bread arrive at the dinner table and not be able to dig in. Brunch is even worse: flaky croissants and biscuits, not to mention bagels! As an act of self-preservation, Erin tried to pretend they didn’t exist.
After pioneering vegan and gluten-free dessert baking at her beloved bicoastal bakery, BabyCakes, Erin set about righting this wrong, tackling the beautiful treats in those forbidden bread baskets. The result is all the savory bread a gluten-free vegan guy or gal could want and more!
In Bread & Butter: Gluten-Free Vegan Recipes to Fill Your Bread Basket (Clarkson Potter; On Sale: March 17, 2015), you will find recipes for English Muffins, Cinnamon Raisin Bread, Sweet Potato Sage Rolls, Pizza Dough, Corn Tortillas, Puff Pastry Dough, Pretzels, Scallion Pancakes, even a simple and perfect Sandwich Bread. And since you can’t say “bread” without saying “butter,” Erin created a rich and creamy vegan butter unlike anything else, too. The world’s bread basket just got a whole lot fuller.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Erin McKenna is the founder and head baker of BabyCakes NYC, which specializes in gluten-free vegan pastries and baked goods, with outposts in New York City, Lost Angeles, and Disney Springs at Downtown Disney in Orlando, Florida. This is her third book—the first to focus on savory breads. She lives with her husband and their daughter in New York City.
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Black Rainbow
“The greatest gift a depression memoir can offer… the writer has survived. Rachel Kelly’s memoir goes one better … she adds a selection of the poetry that helped her. Black Rainbow is moving, written with compassion and insight.” — The Guardian
“It’s a book we should all read, especially women… Those with new babies, exhausted from pregnancy, sleepless nights and the sheer shock of motherhood, are often consumed with fear bordering on terror. That’s what depression is, and if it applies to you or your daughter, take heart. Help is available. And it will help to read Rachel Kelly’s Black Rainbow.” —The Daily Mail
A Sunday Times bestseller, Black Rainbow (October 2015; Quercus) is the powerful and uplifting story of former London Times journalist Rachel Kelly’s struggle with depression and her heartening recovery applying a unique “prescription” with no side effects—poetry.
After recovery from a debilitating episode of depression that saw Rachel hospitalized, the descent that had startled her family and friends struck a second time during a glamorous Christmas party. Soon, she was no longer sure she wanted to live.
“I have a privileged life, but I don’t have privileged health,” Rachel notes.
Black Rainbow breaks through the stigma associated with depression, offering consolation, hope, and practical advice for anyone seeking to understand depression and new ways to treat it. In Rachel’s frank and moving story, poetry—“prescribing words instead of pills”—emerges as a powerful therapeutic tool.
Applying her keen mind to resolve the mix of feelings and family, career, and social roles that had left her with crippling anxiety, Rachel analyzes why poetry can be one solution for easing depression—an illness known more for its opacity than clear answers.
The book contains 40 poems that brought comfort during her two sudden slides into depression, including words from W.H. Auden, Dorothy Parker, Emily Dickinson, and more.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Rachel Kelly is a former London Times journalist-turned-mental health advocate and author of three books. She uses her experience with depression as fuel to run workshops in prisons, for mental health charities, on behalf of companies, and in bookshops.
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Bend Not Break
“In this outstanding testament to the resilience of the human spirit, Ping takes readers on a journey both heartbreaking and inspiring. Ping’s eloquent prose and remarkable attitude shine through in every word.” — Publishers Weekly
When she was eight years old, Ping Fu was torn from the family she knew, relocated to a new city, and became a “mother,” solely responsible for feeding and caring for her four-year-old sister in one of Chairman Mao’s campuses for “black elements,” those born to educated and affluent families. She suffered unspeakable abuse, was forced by Mao’s teenage Red Guards to eat “bitter meals” of dirt, animal dung, and tree bark, was gang raped at 10, detained for political reasons at 25, and told to leave the country. She arrived in the United States with $80 and three English phrases: “Hello,” “Thank you,” and “Help.”
Starting all over, without family or friends, as a maid, waitress, and student who arrived at the University of New Mexico in a squad car, Ping became a pioneering software programmer and innovator. She founded and was the CEO of the successful global technology company Geomagic, an Inc. Magazine Entrepreneur of the Year, a member of President Obama’s National Advisory Council on Innovation and Entrepreneurship, a proud mother of a daughter, and a U.S. Citizen.
Now, in Bend, Not Break (Portfolio/Penguin; December 31, 2012; $26.95), Ping Fu shares her remarkable and inspiring journey through these two very diverse worlds in a powerful testament to the resilience and strength of the human heart and spirit. As an “unfinished child,” she held tight to the memories and teachings of her beloved Shanghai Mama and Papa — “Bamboo is flexible, bending with the wind but never breaking, capable of adapting” — and to any small kindness, like Uncle W smuggling to her forbidden Western novels including Gone With the Wind. She persevered through the Chinese Cultural Revolution, in which 36 million people were persecuted, and 3 million were killed or maimed.
In Bend, Not Break, Ping skillfully blends the wisdom and lessons learned from both her worlds in her fascinating story; from imprisonment to freedom, from a cruel childhood in which her voice was silenced as she was forced to denounce herself and her parents as less than nothing to an engaging speaker who inspires rapt audiences, from a 10-year-old worker building 40 radios a day in Mao’s anti-capitalistic China to a mentor and powerhouse in the high-stakes realm of U.S. technology start-ups. Hopeful, heartbreaking, and empowering, in Bend, Not Break Ping includes her thoughts on her life, starting a business that revolutionized design, motherhood, and creating success.
ABOUT THE AUTHORS
Ping Fu is the Chief Strategy Officer and Vice-President of 3D Systems. She founded and was CEO of Geomagic, a 3D software company that reshaped the world of design and manufacturing, from personalizing prosthetic limbs to repairing NASA spaceships. She was Director of Visualization at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications, where she initiated and managed the NCSA Mosaic software project that led to Netscape and Internet Explorer, the first browser to make the Internet easily accessible to non-techies, available for every desktop, for free. She lives in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
MeiMei Fox is an author and book editor who also blogs regularly for the Huffington Post.
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Becoming China’s Bitch
America is frozen. We have failed to face our nation’s most crucial challenges—and we are about to pay the price.
Delighted by our disorder, China builds with uncanny strength and determination. While we have been diverted and lost momentum, a dragon leaped into the breach. China fully expects to pass us by.
Now, in Becoming China’s Bitch: And Nine More Catastrophes We Must Avoid Right Now (Turner Publishing Company: March 2012; $27.95) widely influential business builder and venture philanthropist Peter D. Kiernan offers innovative and realistic steps which transcend partisan agendas that can help put our nation back on the path to greatness.
A leader in investment banking, philanthropy, education and healthcare, Kiernan provides a cogent analysis of our most pressing national problems and a unique perspective of how to get past the gridlock of polarized leaders and partisan gamesmanship. With provocative insight and analytic depth, he offers radical yet practical solutions—solutions every American must act upon before it’s too late.
Kiernan begins by revealing the five factors that freeze us and uncovers an architecture of divide that prevents our progress: polarizing and proselytizing media; the unbridled and expansionist role of lobbyists; the well-funded Selectorate of think tanks that have a far more influential relationship with policy makers than we do; our confusion of Constitutional and religious imperatives; and the challenges to an entrenched and aging two party system.
Then Kiernan provides innovative and common sense ways to address ten impending catastrophes that pose the greatest threat to America’s future: our semiconscious dependency on China; retiring our aging to nursing homes instead of realizing the longevity dividend they represent; the labor pains of union’s changing role in society; our lack of a coordinated intelligence effort; America’s dual addiction to cigarettes and sin tax revenues; our downward-spiraling healthcare system; our faltering efforts at sensible education reform; mishandling of illegal immigration; a missing-in-action energy policy; and our inability to accept same sex marriage as the ultimate test of who we claim to be as a nation and move on.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Peter D. Kiernan is a successful business man, philanthropist, entrepreneur, and corporate and government advisor. The former Goldman Sachs partner for nearly two decades and multi-billion dollar hedge fund president now chairs a venture firm. He is recent Chair of the Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation and the Robin Hood Foundation and board member of numerous other healthcare, hospital, poverty fighting, and disease-related charities. He is Chairman of University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business, board member of UVA’s Graduate Schools and College of Arts and Sciences; and formerly of Williams College, was a founding board member of the Center for Charter School Excellence and board member of the Al Smith Foundation. A frequent guest on television and radio, Kiernan has appeared in lively and dynamic interviews and segments on programs including “Good Morning America,” “The Today Show,” “Larry King Live,” CNBC’s “Power Lunch,” and on CBS News, CNN, and Bloomberg. A graduate of the Darden School where he earned an MBA and Williams College (BA), he currently lives in Connecticut with his family.
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Becoming
“I want to honor and acknowledge the girl I once was while embracing the woman I am today, and I even look forward to the wise woman I hope I will become in future decades.”—Cindy Crawford, from the Foreword
Rizzoli is proud to announce the October publication of BECOMING, a chronicle of American icon and supermodel Cindy Crawford’s life, in which she shares stories of her professional and personal evolution, accompanied by her most iconic images, as well as never-before-published photographs from her personal archive.
The 1990s era of the supermodel was a cultural phenomenon which made stars out of a select group of strong women who surpassed mere beauty by embodying a new spirit and personality that made them celebrities in their own right. In this pantheon, Cindy Crawford blazed a trail from the runway and covers of leading fashion magazines around the world, to unconventional pop culture outlets such as then-new and cutting-edge MTV, Super Bowl commercials, and even Playboy magazine—in which she appeared not once but twice—in photo features ten years apart.
On the eve of her fiftieth birthday, Cindy Crawford looks back on a super-nova career and remarkable life. In the completely accessible, down-to-earth voice of the Midwestern girl she is, Cindy discusses the love-filled, small-town childhood that shaped both her legendary work ethic, and the professionalism for which she is so well-regarded in an often cut-throat and competitive business, but she is also candid about the devastating early loss of her brother, Jeff, and her parents’ subsequent divorce only a few years later.
Cindy describes her earliest modelling years and the process of becoming less self-conscious in front of a camera; her reaction when an early agent suggested she remove the mole that would become her trademark; and how her exile from a Chicago studio gave her the courage to “dream big”, move to New York, and learn to own her power in a business that has been known to infantilize women.
Cindy also gives us an account of her entrepreneurial accomplishments, and shares her observations on our youth-obsessed culture. The reader will be inspired to read about Cindy’s determination to create positive messages about a healthy body image that she knew would reach women of all ages; her feelings about marriage and motherhood; her thoughts on this milestone birthday, and what she would tell her younger self if she had the chance.
The 150 stunning photographs span Cindy’s entire career beginning in the mid-1980s, and feature images by every top name in fashion photography, including Annie Leibovitz, Victor Skrebneski, Arthur Elgort, Helmut Newton, Herb Ritts, Irving Penn, Patrick Demarchelier, and Richard Avedon, among others. Most fascinating are Cindy’s descriptions of the creative philosophy of each of these masters, and the priceless and very different lessons she learned from each.
Beautifully illustrated, BECOMING is an engaging series of stories that shed light into the life and work of an extraordinary woman who is as beautiful inside, as out. BECOMING is a must for anyone who has followed Cindy’s legendary career, is fascinated by the worlds of fashion and photography, and will be a meaningful mother-to-daughter gift for all young women who can benefit from reading this modern-day American success story with universal coming-of-age lessons.
ABOUT THE AUTHORS:
Cindy Crawford is one of the original supermodels who defined that pivotal moment when fashion models became cultural stars in their own right. Crawford used her fame and business savvy to launch an entrepreneurial career that has encompassed beauty, fashion, fitness and home décor brands. She has appeared on over a thousand magazine covers worldwide and has been the face of brands as diverse as Revlon, Omega watches, and Pepsi. For more about Cindy please visit www.cindy.com. Katherine O’Leary and Cindy Crawford have worked together in many different capacities for over sixteen years. BECOMING is Katherine’s writing debut.
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Barefoot to Billionaire
I desire to leave this world as I entered it—barefoot and broke.” —Jon M. Huntsman, Sr.
“Everyone who knows Jon Huntsman is aware that he is a man of impeccable character and decency.” —President George H. W. Bush
“(Jon M. Huntsman, Sr. is) one of the finest human beings, industrial leaders and philanthropists on the planet.”—Stephen R. Covey
“Jon Huntsman is a different breed. He believes business is a creative endeavor, similar to a theater production, wherein integrity must be the central character.”—Larry King
At his birth, Jon M. Huntsman, Sr. was deemed dead on delivery. A descendant of pioneer ancestors as rugged as the land they settled, the newborn finally let out a faint gasp, grew, and hustled to outrun the shadow of poverty. He became a billionaire entrepreneur, distinguished public servant, and father of a former governor and presidential candidate.
On the way toward building a global industrial empire, Huntsman Corporation, which averages more than $12 billion in sales each year, Jon M. Huntsman, Sr. nearly flunked out of college, confronted bankruptcy three times, suffered four bouts with cancer, and faced the personal challenges of a severely mentally challenged son, the kidnapping of a child, and the death of a daughter. He served in the Navy, HEW, and the Nixon White House, and created a world-class cancer research and treatment center in Salt Lake City. Now, with his philanthropic focus on defeating cancer, he and his wife, Karen, have dedicated more than a billion dollars of their personal funds to the fight for a cancer cure. He intends to spend what it takes to help eliminate the suffering and death that all too often accompany this scourge.
In Barefoot to Billionaire: Reflections on a Life’s Work and a Promise to Cure Cancer (Overlook Press; November 2014; $35.00 U.S.), bestselling author Jon M. Huntsman, Sr. vividly recounts his made-in-America, rags-to-riches entrepreneurial journey of risk, rewards, and tumult. In his fascinating and down-to-earth style, he shares the key moments that shaped his views of faith, family, service, business leadership, the responsibility wealth imparts, and his decision to give away his entire fortune before his death.
Incorporating incidents and details never before made public, Huntsman relates business-building strategies, including ingenious financial engineering (a revolving $10 million float loan); international charitable efforts, such as the earthquake-relief erection of a concrete plant in Armenia; and his service to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Jon M. Huntsman, Sr. is a graduate of the Wharton School of Business, serving on its Board of Overseers for 28 years and as Chair of that Board for the past 14 years. He is the Executive Chairman and Founder of Huntsman Corporation, a leading global petrochemical manufacturer. Author of the bestseller Winners Never Cheat, his books have been translated into more than 20 languages. In 1995, he founded the Huntsman Cancer Institute, one of America’s largest cancer research centers. He lives in Salt Lake City with his wife, Karen.
Barefoot to Billionaire tells of a rich life and a man who has vowed to fully share its rewards. I look forward to speaking with you about Jon M. Huntsman, Sr. and Barefoot to Billionaire.
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Barbra
Barbra. Iconic, incandescent, brilliant. A bold, multi-talented, multi-hyphenate artistic and creative force. What would we give for a behind-the-scenes glimpse of the star being born, just at the beginning of her meteoric rise? To say, I knew her when?
Acclaimed photojournalists Steve Schapiro and Lawrence Schiller — two of the top lens men of the day — were there, commissioned to periodically follow her over the course of her early years in Hollywood. Schapiro and Schiller, who have taken some of the most iconic photographs of the era, captured an intimate, honest, perceptive portrait, as the young actress creates and takes on the role of riveting and charismatic star.
Now, in Barbra: Streisand’s Early Years in Hollywood, 1968-1976, Steve Schapiro and Lawrence Schiller, with contributing authors Patt Morrison and Lawrence Grobel, reveal a Streisand who is enigmatic, determined, exultant, pensive, and, once in a while, still just one happy gal from Brooklyn.
More than 240 images, the majority of which have never been published before, are accompanied by a running conversation between the two photographers that gives insight into Barbra caught up in the pace and urgency of filmmaking. Here are the stories — one night in Kenya, during work on “Up the Sandbox,” Barbra’s manager leaned in during a card game and whispered to Steve, “We’ve got to let her win.” And the quiet moments with family, the banter between takes and on planes and trains, and in hotel rooms, when the “star” was offstage and the true Barbra emerged.
Limited to a total of 1,200 numbered copies signed by Steve Schapiro and Lawrence Schiller, this gorgeously produced book is available as a Collector’s Edition (No. 201-1,200), and also in two Art Editions of 100 copies each (No. 1-100 with a print signed by Steve Schapiro, and No. 101-200 with a print signed by Lawrence Schiller).
Here are the crucial movies of Streisand’s first Hollywood decade: “Funny Girl,” “On a Clear Day You Can See Forever,” “The Way We Were,” “The Owl and the Pussycat,” “Up the Sandbox,” “Funny Lady,” and “A Star Is Born.” And her loves, directors, confidantes, and costars: Elliott Gould, William Wyler, Sydney Pollack, Vincente Minnelli, Cis Corman, Omar Sharif, Kris Kristofferson, and, of course, Robert Redford.
ABOUT THE AUTHORS
Steve Schapiro is a distinguished journalistic photographer whose pictures have graced the covers of Vanity Fair, Time, Sports Illustrated, Life, Look, Paris Match, and People, and are found in many museum collections. He has published five books, American Edge, Schapiro’s Heroes, The Godfather Family Album, Taxi Driver, and Then and Now; covered the Civil Rights movement, the assassination of Martin Luther King, and many other newsworthy events; and has worked on more than 200 Hollywood motion pictures. His most famous film posters are for “Midnight Cowboy,” “Taxi Driver,” “Parenthood,” “The Godfather Part III,” “Billy Madison,” and “The Man Who Fell to Earth.”
Lawrence Schiller began his career as a photojournalist for Life, Playboy, and Paris Match, among others, photographing some of the most iconic figures of the 1960s, from Lee Harvey Oswald to Robert F. Kennedy, from Ali and Foreman to Redford and Newman. He has written five New York Times bestsellers and collaborated with Norman Mailer on the Pulitzer Prize-winning The Executioner’s Song. He has also directed seven motion pictures and miniseries for television; “The Executioner’s Song” and “Peter the Great” won five Emmys. He is also the founder of The Norman Mailer Center & Writer’s Colony.
In Barbra, Steve Schapiro and Lawrence Schiller get beneath the protective veneer and give us a unique and compelling look at “the real Barbra” in her early years in Hollywood.
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Ask Bob
“[Gethers has] written thrillers along with best-selling accounts of Norton, his late, lamented cat . . . Now, appropriately for the dog days of August, he’s publishing a first romantic novel called Ask Bob, with dogs, cats, and a veterinarian named Dr. Bob. It’s quirky, heart-stirring, and commercial as all get-out.”— Vanity Fair
Peter Gethers is a hugely successful book editor, screenwriter, playwright, publisher and author—but most of all, a gifted storyteller. His previous best-selling trilogy (The Cat Who Went To Paris, A Cat Abroad, and The Cat Who’ll Live Forever), the charming true tales about what he learned from his beloved cat, Norton, have set the stage for Ask Bob (Henry Holt; on sale: August 6, 2013), a clever and moving novel about a pet doctor who understands animals a lot better than people.
Dr. Robert Heller is one of New York City’s leading veterinarians and his “Ask Dr. Bob” newspaper advice column is a must-read among pet lovers. However, Dr. Bob himself could use some advice, especially when it comes to dealing with his family. His father is angry and controlling, his mother is nearly invisible, and his brother seems hell-bent on destroying not just his own life, but the lives of everyone around him. As for Bob’s wife, Anna, she is all but perfect, despite her own colorful but deeply dysfunctional clan. The small practice where Dr. Bob works in Manhattan’s West Village provides him with a regular, albeit quirky, community—a faux Frenchman from the Bronx with a pet snail named Speedo and an elderly compulsive gambler on her ninth cat, to name a few—but just when Bob thinks he’s figured out how to thrive in the human world as easily as he does among cats, dogs, and hamsters, tragedy strikes.
Gethers’ novel is utterly irresistible; witty, wise, and wonderfully human. Full of unforgettable characters (and more than a few exotic creatures), Ask Bob reminds us that the road to happiness–although bumpy–is worth it.
ABOUT PETER GETHERS
Peter Gethers is the author of Ask Bob, and The Cat Who Went to Paris, the first book in a bestselling trilogy about his extraordinary cat, Norton. When not writing memoirs and novels, he is a screenwriter, playwright, book publisher, and film and television producer. He is also the co-creator and co-producer of the hit off-Broadway play Old Jews Telling Jokes, and one of the co-creators of Rotisserie League Baseball, which begat the fantasy-sports craze.
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Amy Larkin
Hurricane Sandy, one of many recent climate change weather events, will cost over $100 billion. And the combined external costs of coal and oil (money paid by governments, families, health and school systems) in the U.S. come to more than the 2012 federal deficit of $1.1 trillion.
Environmental Debt: The Hidden Costs of a Changing Global Economy connects the financial and environmental crises: both causes and solutions. Amy Larkin shows how the costs of climate change, extreme weather and pollution combine to wreak havoc on the economy as well as the earth, creating what she calls, “environmental debt.” She contends that addressing fiscal problems while simultaneously creating environmental ones is a recipe for financial disaster.
In ENVIRONMENTAL DEBT: The Hidden Costs of A Changing Global Economy (Palgrave Macmillan; Hardcover; ISBN 978-137-27855-5; $27.00; Pub date June 25th 2013), Larkin points to numerous corporate initiatives that demonstrate courage and foresight and point the way to a secure global economy. In fact, she contends that many corporations are way ahead of government when it comes to understanding and addressing the real costs of climate change and pollution. She proposes a new policy framework for 21st century commerce that includes three pillars to empower profitable business: business that coexists with the environment. She also outlines some of the most exciting innovation in the lab, the executive suite, the halls of Congress and the patent office. The book presents complex ideas in easy-to-read prose and is a must-read for anyone interested in policy, business, the environment or economics.
About Amy Larkin
Amy Larkin was the Solutions Director for Greenpeace USA for six years until 2011 where her work received the prestigious 2011 Roy Award from Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government. Since 2012, she has consulted for Greenpeace International, The Consumer Goods Forum (a consortium of 400 of the world’s leading consumer brands and retailers), and the Agricultural Sustainability Institute at UC/Davis.
She is the Chair of the Advisory Board of Biomimicry NYC, a Strategic Advisor to RESOLVE, and is Chair of the Board of the ARChive of Contemporary Music.
Amy Larkin has been featured in The Washington Post, New York Times, Newsweek, Reuters, Bloomberg, and Greenbiz, appeared on NPR and CNBC, etc. She lives in New York City.
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Alex Ferguson, with Michael Moritz
“Steve Jobs was Apple; Sir Alex Ferguson is Manchester United.”
—Harvard Business Review
Internationally acclaimed manager and bestselling author Sir Alex Ferguson enjoyed an astonishing soccer career—first in Scotland as a player and manager, and then with Manchester United Football Club, which he helped build into one of the most successful and valuable franchises in the world of sports. In his twenty-seven years with Manchester United, the club won thirty-eight trophies—and his remarkable forty-nine trophies accumulated over an entire career is almost double that of the next-most-winningest English club manager.
Now, in his new book LEADING: Learning from Life and My Time at Manchester United (Hachette Books; October 2015), co-written with author and legendary venture capitalist Sir Michael Moritz, Sir Alex reveals the tools, tactics, and pivotal decisions he applied throughout his record-breaking career to deliver sustained success on and off the field.
LEADING is wry and full of wisdom as Sir Alex discusses identifying, developing, and managing talent, measuring people, and much more. Analyzing the principal leadership approaches he applied and implemented over the duration of his career, Ferguson draws from his decades of experience to cover a long range of topics germane to every leader including: hiring practices; firing decisions; learning what personal traits to cultivate and strengthen; the art of delegation; fostering of and teamwork; the appropriate response to failure and adversity and personal time management. Successful business man and friend to Sir Alex, Michael Moritz draws out the wider lessons of how such examples of great leadership can generate long-term, transformational success.
The book features an enlightening epilogue by Sir Michael Moritz, chairman of Sequoia Capital, which takes a close look at how Sir Alex ran Manchester United and compares this to what he has observed during thirty years as an operator and investor in California’s Silicon Valley. He looks at the challenges and the competitiveness inherent in both worlds and illuminates how Sir Alex’s core principals of leadership are timeless and broadly applicable. LEADING is inspiring, astute and serves as a go-to reference for current and rising leaders in, or on, any field—business, sports, and life.
ABOUT THE AUTHORS
Sir Alex Ferguson is a former Scottish soccer player and manager who managed Manchester United from 1986 to 2013. His time at the club led to Ferguson being regarded as one of the most successful, admired, and respected managers in the history of the game. He retired as manager of Manchester United in 2013. He has gone on to work as a Fellow to the Executive Education Program at Harvard Business School and is a United Kingdom Ambassador for UNICEF.
Sir Michael Moritz is chairman of Sequoia Capital, the original backers of Apple, Cisco, YouTube, and WhatsApp; and has served on the board of directors of several other companies first backed by Sequoia which include Google, LinkedIn, PayPal and Yahoo!. He is a former journalist with Time and was the author of the The Little Kingdom, the first book written about Apple, the world’s most valuable company. Originally from Wales, he lives in San Francisco, CA.
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A TRIUMPH OF GENIUS
“Edwin Land was a multi-faceted genius, and his Polaroid was a quintessential American success story. With great skill, Ron Fierstein tells the full story of the company’s epic court battle with Kodak for the first time—a sobering tale with many lessons for 21st-century entrepreneurs.” —Harry McCracken, Technology Editor, Fast Company magazine.
You can almost hear Steve Jobs saying it: A worthwhile invention “must be startling, unexpected and must come into a world that is not prepared for it.” Except the person who actually said this was Edwin Land, the man Steve Jobs revered and called “a national treasure.”
Founder of Polaroid and father of instant photography, Land led what was arguably the most glamorous technology company of the 20th century. Relying on his personal vision of what consumers would want—before consumers could even conceive of it—he introduced new products in widely anticipated, dramatic demonstrations that generated huge publicity. In many ways, he was the original Steve Jobs.
Now, in A Triumph of Genius: Edwin Land, Polaroid, and the Kodak Patent War (Ankerwycke; February 2015; $35.00), Ronald K. Fierstein tells the fascinating story of the reclusive genius who, as a teen, invented the plastic polarizer, which is still used almost a century later in countless popular applications including our ubiquitous sunglasses and LCD screens. In addition to pioneering the revolutionary one-step system of photography, Land made critical contributions to top-secret U.S. military intelligence efforts during World War II and the Cold War in the service of seven American presidents. He amassed 535 patents in his name, third on the list of U.S. inventors behind only Edison and one of Edison’s associates.
When Land planned to drop out of Harvard and asked for the equivalent of $50,000 to commercialize his polarizer discovery, his father was concerned, but not about the idea or the money. He counseled his young son to protect himself in case some big company came along to steal his invention. Land took this advice to heart and became one of the most vocal advocates of the patent system, earning the sobriquet “Champion of Patents.” Ultimately, Land and Polaroid looked to the patent system to protect their company in the high-stakes battle with mentor, turned rival, Eastman Kodak. A Triumph of Genius presents an unprecedented account of the most significant patent litigation of the 20th century.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Ron Fierstein worked closely with Edwin Land as a young lawyer on the team of litigators representing Polaroid in court. After leaving the practice of law in the early ‘80s, he enjoyed a successful career in the entertainment industry, managing recording artists such as Suzanne Vega, Shawn Colvin, and Mary Chapin Carpenter. Ron continues to represent his brother, Harvey Fierstein, in his theater, TV and film endeavors. He lives with his wife in Chappaqua, NY.
A nonfiction biographical legal thriller, A Triumph of Genius chronicles the life of a man whose work and legacy continue to influence technological innovation today. I look forward to speaking with you about Ron Fierstein and A Triumph of Genius .
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Walking on Sunshine
“Beautifully and truthfully written.”
—Daily TelegraphIn the form of weekly journal entries over the course of a year, journalist and mental health activist Rachel Kelly shares the fifty-two strategies that have helped her cope with depression and anxiety and maintain a calm, happy lifestyle. There’s no complicated program involved, no overhaul of your current way of life: just simple shortcuts to lighter, more conscious living—tangible rituals you can use to care for your body and mind.
WALKING ON SUNSHINE is a compact, accessible, life-changing book that offers 52 tips and tools—one for each week of the year—to increase your happiness year-round and help you manage the mood-altering pressures of everyday life.
In the pages of this engaging, user-friendly book, you’ll find breathing techniques, poetry, prayer, philosophical nuggets, and meditations, all of them lovely, gentle suggestions designed to bring more ease and equanimity into your daily life.
Written in the candid, conversational style of a good friend and accompanied by delightful cartoon illustrations, Walking on Sunshine is a portable, supportive companion that will see you through your ups and downs.
ABOUT THE AUTHORRachel Kelly began her career as a journalist at The Times of London. She is the creator of two poetry apps and gives talks and workshops across the UK on the therapeutic value of the arts. BLACK RAINBOW, her memoir on the healing power of the written word, was a Sunday Times bestseller and won the Best First Book prize at the Spear’s Book Awards. Rachel is an ambassador for SANE and Vice President of United Response and campaigns to reduce the stigma surrounding mental illness.
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Law and Disorder
“Law and Disorder is not only a legal thriller in true Grisham style, it is also an excellent window into the total dysfunction of the Justice System. I literally couldn’t put it down.” —Mark Geragos, renowned criminal defense attorney and acclaimed author
In LAW AND DISORDER, bestselling author Mike Papantonio skillfully examines issues that could be pulled from today’s newsfeed—billionaires funding litigation, partisan judges ruling personal politics instead of the law, a reckless media seeding innuendo-filled stories—for a suspenseful, highly entertaining read.
Meet Nick “Deke” Deketomis, a principled, brilliant legal strategist with a bit of a temper.
Never afraid to speak his mind, his associates are worried that he has taken on too many causes and cases, and that his history of rubbing people and the press the wrong way will catch up with him.
But when a man is found dead, and Deke is caught on tape wielding the murder weapon, the images go viral and the feeding frenzy begins.
Battling a community hurling accusations and his own inner demons, Deke fights the trial of his life. His family is threatened, and he appears cornered by a system working against him; this time, it might be his friends in low places who count the most.
A riveting page-turner, LAW AND DISORDER is a compelling story of one man’s struggle to keep his family together while helping people take on injustice, powerful interests, and Big Money.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Mike Papantonio, author of four motivational books for lawyers and co-author of Air America: The Playbook, listed by The New York Times as a Political Best Seller, hosts the nationally syndicated radio show “Ring of Fire” with Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., and Sam Seder. He has interviewed Dan Rather, Helen Thomas, Howard Zinn, Arianna Huffington, Bernie Sanders, Bill Moyers, and many others. Senior partner at Levin Papantonio, one of the largest plaintiff’s law firms in America, Papantonio is a political commentator who frequently appears on MSNBC, Free Speech TV, RT America Network, and Fox News.
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Truth Is A Total Defense
“An inside look at television from the man who transformed it. The origins of today’s golden age of television dramas can be traced to one man: Steven Bochco. This juicy and fascinating account tells you how he did it. A must read.” —David E. Kelley, Emmy Award winner and prolific creator of TV hits “Picket Fences,” “Chicago Hope,” “The Practice,” “Ally McBeal,” “Boston Public,” and “Boston Legal”
“It’s raucous, it’s witty, and very savvy on the business of television. It’s master storyteller Steven Bochco telling the story of his life and his life’s work—creating groundbreaking TV shows. Fascinating and funny. Read it.” —Danny DeVito, Golden Globe and Emmy Award-winning actor, director, and producer
In his insightful, candid, and utterly entertaining memoir TRUTH IS A TOTAL DEFENSE: My Fifty Years in Television, the legendary Steven Bochco reveals the mad genius, vision, mayhem, and brilliance behind his groundbreaking, widely popular hits (and near misses). Sparing no one, including himself, he shares insider anecdotes from his triumphs and turbulent times in broadcast TV, discerning thoughts on the business of television writing and production, and personal lessons from his life-threatening and altering battle with a rare form of leukemia.
From January 1981 through May 2005, Bochco never had less than one show, and sometimes two or three, on the air. In TRUTH IS A TOTAL DEFENSE, his remembrances and from-the-hip assessments combine with gracious praise and tales from the wild side in stories that include:
- Rescuing the first cut of “Hill Street Station” (before it became “Blues”) from disaster
- “NYPD Blue” co-creator David Milch asking for an advance because he’d lost $1 million betting on football games that day
- Stephen J. Cannell turning down a cop show pilot at ABC, telling their head of development that “Hill Street Blues” was the best cop show ever made, and he didn’t want to compete with it
- Rupert Murdoch being slapped with a subpoena by a pleasant little lady in the commissary
A revealing, wryly humorous page turner, TRUTH IS A TOTAL DEFENSE is a window into the inception of the second Golden Age of television, by the man who helped create it.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Ten-time Emmy-award winning television producer and writer Steven Bochco “owned” Thursday night at 10:00 for 15 years. For 25 years, his shows—“Hill Street Blues,” “L.A. Law,” “Doogie Howser, M.D.,” and “NYPD Blue” were enormously successful must-watch TV that irrevocably changed the landscape of television. More than 30 million people watched the premiere of “LA Law.” His hot, homicide detective TNT show “Murder in the First” premiered its third season in late June.
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This Close to Happy
“Opening This Close to Happy was like getting a long letter from my best friend at sleep-away camp. I had no idea it was this bad for you, was my first thought, and then, we have both been so paralyzed by grief. This is why we all feel so lonely right now—the longing, the depression, the comedy of it all, wrapped up in a story about sex and Judaism, our mothers. How hard it is to be happy. I felt so whole when snuggling up alone with Merkin’s brilliant, full-of-feeling masterpiece. Reading it was dreamy in the saddest, best way. I flew through it and hated to let go when it ended. Daphne Merkin’s existence as a writer made and makes me feel possible.”
—Jill Soloway, Emmy award-winning creator of “Transparent”
“If the face presented to the world is a mask to protect ourselves, Daphne Merkin bravely removes hers, revealing the truth of herself, courageously exploring, seeking — and sometimes even finding — the hope that glimmers on and off so briefly at the end of the tunnel. Please read as soon as possible. Hope awaits.” —Gloria Vanderbilt
“This beautifully written tale of Daphne Merkin’s depressive demons is by far the most accurate and human account of depression and its impact that I have ever read. I highly recommend it, both to those in the mental health professions and to those who care about the suffering of their loved ones.”
—Glen O. Gabbard, M.D., Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Baylor College of Medicine, author of Psychodynamic Psychiatry in Clinical Practice
“D. W. Winnicott wrote that depression is the fog over the battlefield. In this extraordinarily lucid and moving book, Daphne Merkin illuminates the dark and desperate battle that depression can be. This is a book for all those who know nothing about depression and for those who know too much.”
—Adam Phillips, author of Unforbidden Pleasures
“This Close to Happy belongs on the shelf with William Styron’s Darkness, Visible and Andrew Solomon’s The Noonday Demon. It brings a stunningly perceptive voice into the forefront of the conversation about depression, one that is both reassuring and revelatory.” —Carol Gilligan, Professor of Humanities and Applied Psychology, New York University; author of the classic In a Different Voice
The plunge in mood and sense of despair can be sudden and steep. Or the negative thoughts can creep in, blotting out any sense of hope or joy or accomplishment. The stubborn impulse to take her own life can return at any time to someone gripped by lifelong depression.
Now, in THIS CLOSE TO HAPPY: A Reckoning with Depression, acclaimed writer Daphne Merkin gives us the rare, vividly personal account of what it feels like to suffer from clinical depression, written from a woman’s perspective. Informed by an acute understanding of the implications of living with this affliction, she describes how she has learned to navigate it. “If I can’t quite declare victory over my depression, I am giving it a run for its money, reminding myself that the opposite of depression is not a state of unimaginable happiness, but a state of relative all-right-ness,” writes Merkin.
Examining depression’s causes and its treatments such as electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), she discloses her experience with therapists, psychopharmocologists, and “the California rocket blaster”—Remeron and Effexor. She discusses the stigma surrounding depression, the nature/nurture controversy, the question of whether or not to take medication, and the illness’s relationship to upbringing and creativity.
Merkin recounts her complex relationship with her mercurial, withholding mother and her experience growing up in a household that lacked love and basics such as food and clothing, despite her family’s affluence. She shares her struggle with childhood depression and early hospitalization for it in poignant detail. Sustained by her redemptive love of reading and emerging as a well-respected writer, she marries and has a child. Suffering severe postpartum depression, she is hospitalized, and then returns to the hospital once more after her mother dies, before emerging once again to re-engage with life.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Daphne Merkin, a former staff writer for The New Yorker, is a regular contributor to Elle. She has written a novel and two collections of essays; her writing appears in The New York Times, Departures, Travel + Leisure, W, Vogue, and other publications. Her essay collection The Fame Lunches was one of The New York Times Book Review’s Hundred Notable Books of the Year.
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Cork Dork
Though more Americans are drinking wine than ever before, the rituals, customs and language around it are as rarefied and opaque as ever, leaving many of us wondering what all the fuss is about.
What makes the bottle I bought for last week’s dinner party “bad”? Are sommeliers just pretentious, glorified salespeople, or can they actually taste things like pyrazine and honeysuckle in wine? And why do so many people devote their lives (or life savings) to experiencing minute differences in flavor that most of us can’t even perceive, let alone appreciate?
These were some of the questions obsessing Bianca Bosker when she decided to give up her job as Executive Tech Editor at the Huffington Post in favor of tasting wines at 8 a.m., lifting and sorting heavy bottles as a “cellar rat” in one of Manhattan’s top restaurants, and foregoing coffee, spicy foods, and sometimes even toothpaste in order to taste better.
The account of her year-and-a-half long journey, CORK DORK: A Wine-Fueled Adventure Among the Obsessive Sommeliers, Big Bottle Hunters, and Rogue Scientists Who Taught Me to Live for Taste (Penguin Paperback Original, March 2017) takes the reader inside an elite tasting group, a Burgundy bacchanal, a Michelin-starred restaurant, an fMRI machine and more as Bosker strives to make sense, once and for all, of our complicated relationship with fermented grape juice.
Compulsively readable, fascinating, and a hilarious exploration of the wine world, CORK DORK includes:
- Bosker’s training for and entry into the country’s oldest sommelier competition, with hilariously disastrous results (though she does eventually become certified).
- Behind-the-scenes looks at two elite Manhattan restaurants, where she trailed sommeliers and watched the charade of service and hospitality unfold.
- The science behind how we can improve our senses of taste and smell, and thereby live more richly.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Bianca Bosker is an award-winning journalist who has written about food, wine, architecture, and technology for The New Yorker online, The Atlantic, T: The New York Times Style Magazine, Food & Wine, The Wall Street Journal, The Guardian, and The New Republic. The former executive tech editor of The Huffington Post, she is the author of the critically acclaimed book Original Copies: Architectural Mimicry in Contemporary China (University of Hawaii Press, 2013).
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We
“WE: A Manifesto for Women Everywhere is a bracing, honest, uplifting manual for changing the world by owning your gifts, telling the truth, expressing gratitude, and living with joy. It’s for every woman, everywhere on the planet. Open to any page, and there you will find a truth that can set you free. We’re all in this together. And WE is the GPS for the journey.” —Christiane Northrup, MD, New York Times bestselling author of Women’s Bodies, Women’s Wisdom; The Wisdom of Menopause; and Goddesses Never Age
Do you wake in the dead of night feeling your true self has been lost? For years, award-winning actress Gillian Anderson (X-Files, The Last King of Scotland) and journalist Jennifer Nadel struggled with despair, suicidal thoughts, and the sense that something was not quite right. No amount of success or the unhealthy crutches they tried – alcohol, drugs, work, food, self-harm — could fix it. Beyond their inner conflicts, they saw that the world around them was deteriorating. “Our current way of doing things — the ‘me’ culture — isn’t working. The world we all share is more divided and unequal than ever.” Yearning for a better way to think, live, and be, they searched for answers.
Now, the friends combine spirituality, politics, and psychology in their powerful call to action WE: A MANIFESTO FOR WOMEN EVERYWHERE (Atria Books; March 2017). Based on a set of Nine Principles that have been taught throughout the ages, WE: A MANIFESTO FOR WOMEN EVERYWHERE offers a path to radical self-transformation with compassion for others at its core. It is a journey toward inner peace and a more meaningful life that can create a ripple effect around the world, lifting individuals even as it helps all women support and encourage one another.
WE is a compendium of and practical guide to the teachings and solutions Gillian and Jennifer found. “The wisdom in this book isn’t ours; it’s distilled from a myriad of teachers far wiser. We are passing it along with gratitude and in hope that others might gain comfort and meaning in it.”
At the core of WE are the Nine Principles that provide a compass for living a more generous and satisfying life, with an action and affirmation for each. (WE emphasizes that for change to work, action is necessary.) But before embarking on the Nine Principles, WE: A MANIFESTO FOR WOMEN EVERYWHERE starts with the essential practices for personal well-being that will help readers get the most out of their journey: “Taking care of yourself emotionally, physically, and spiritually is a profoundly political act.”
The Nine Principles and how they guide us:
- Honesty: Letting go of others’ messages of who we are and facing our own inconvenient truths enables us to live authentically, as our authentic selves.
- Acceptance: Helps us handle whatever life throws our way.
- Courage: Frees us from the past by releasing resentment and rewriting our story.
- Trust: An antidote to fear; unmask limitations and move toward your power.
- Humility: Visit your “spiritual gym” to calm self-blame and the Toxic Cs (comparing, competing, controlling) to trust your own worth.
- Peace: How to transform difficulty, indecision, and uncertainty to find stillness, serenity, and freedom from inner conflict.
- Love: Enables us to transform our relationships with ourselves and others.
- Joy: How to create space for joy to flow into your life.
- Kindness: Allows our love to go out into the world; as you heal, your love can flow to the lives of others.
With personal anecdotes from Gillian and Jennifer, inspirational quotes from famous female thinkers, artists, and leaders, and a comprehensive appendix of resources for supplemental support, WE: A MANIFESTO FOR WOMEN EVERYWHERE is a revolutionary guide based on the notion that change truly begins from within, and has the power to reach far beyond the individual to create a kinder, more purposeful world for us all. Such change provides a crucial and timely antidote to the “have-it-all” superwoman culture, to deliver a more rewarding, happier, and fulfilling life.
For more information, visit www.wewomeneverywhere.org
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ABOUT THE AUTHORS
Gillian Anderson gained worldwide recognition in The X‑Files, garnering awards and critical acclaim for her role as FBI Special Agent Dana Scully over the show’s nine-year run. Some of her many screen credits include The House of Mirth, The Last King of Scotland, and the acclaimed BBC miniseries Bleak House and Great Expectations. She was nominated for an Olivier Award for her stage performance as Nora in A Doll’s House and won the Evening Standard Theatre Award for her portrayal of Blanche DuBois in A Streetcar Named Desire. Gillian is on the BBC and Netflix’s The Fall as DSI Stella Gibson, on NBC’s Hannibal as Dr. Bedelia Du Maurier, and Starz’s American Gods as Media. She is an activist, speaking out regularly on issues ranging from feminism to climate change and human trafficking. Born in Chicago, she lives in London with her three children.
Jennifer Nadel trained as a barrister before becoming a writer, journalist and campaigner. She was one of the UK’s most senior female television correspondents and has broadcast for the BBC, ITV and Channel 4 News. Her book on domestic violence was made into a BBC film and a Channel 4 documentary, and her report from Bosnia on the use of rape as a weapon of war was broadcast around the world. Her first novel, Pretty Thing, was published by Little, Brown in 2015. She is a trustee of the charity INQUEST and has a long history of activism. She stood as a candidate for the Green Party in the UK general election in 2015. A mother of three boys, she was born in Princeton, New Jersey, and is a dual US/UK national who lives in London.
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On Christopher Street
“I’ve always been intrigued by the life and theatre of Christopher Street. I’ve noticed the photographic possibility out of the corner of my eye for the past couple of decades—an Ellis Island for freedom of expression and gender identity. More recently, I’ve noticed it vanishing. My interest in photo documentary led to the building of a series of portraits, which led to three summers of shooting. At first I didn’t even realize I was shooting trans stories, just stories of people who found their way to Christopher Street. As I began to talk about this project, I realize that everybody has a trans story, that being trans is something that affects all of us.” — Mark Seliger
On Christopher Street there are all kinds of sexual orientations and gender identities, endless possibilities of potential selves: transgender, transsexual, non-binary, genderqueer, femme, butch, cross-dresser, drag kings, drag queens, and many other identities that shift, adapt, and challenge our understanding of gender. This street nestled in the middle of New York City’s Greenwich Village is heralded as the birthplace of the modern LGBTQ rights movement. Today, the intersection at Christopher and Hudson Streets has been renamed “Sylvia Rivera Way,” after the pioneering trans-activist and the annual LGBTQ pride parade ends its procession on Christopher Street, where the revolution began at the Stonewall Inn.
Renowned photographer Mark Seliger, best known for his portraits of celebrities, musicians, and artists, has called the West Village home for nearly two decades. For his latest book, ON CHRISTOPHER STREET: TRANSGENDER STORIES, his curiosity inspired him to shoot a handful of portraits—documentary style—in hopes of capturing the color, flamboyant characters, and theatre of a famous, but vanishing neighborhood.
What Seliger discovered was a nightly carnival of personalities that open up the visual discourse about sexuality and the constant ebb and flow of the transgender world we all inhabit today. The end result is a collection of 74 beautiful, black and white portraits, all taken with Seliger’s Hasselblad camera, and never-before-published.
These forthcoming portraits of trans people on Christopher Street combined with their moving and deeply personal stories remind us of our need for sanctuary, for a space to call our own. Their presence challenges us to redefine home, community, and ownership. Their presence challenges us to stop and reflect. No longer will we remain idle and pass by them in fear and prejudice. We will stand with them, recognize them, and see them. These are our streets, and these are our people. ON CHRISTOPHER STREET: TRANSGENDER STORIES stands out as some of Seliger’s most powerful work.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Mark Seliger was the chief photographer for Rolling Stone for more than ten years. Born in Amarillo, Texas, Seliger now lives and works in New York City, where he contributes to Vanity Fair, GQ, Italian Vogue, L’Uomo Vogue, Time, and more. His work has been exhibited in museums and galleries around the world, and his previous publications include Rizzoli’s Listen and In My Stairwell. Seliger is the recipient of such esteemed awards as the Alfred Eisenstaedt Award, Lucie Award, Clio Grand Prix, Cannes Lions, and ASME. Janet Mock is the New York Times bestselling author of Redefining Realness and host of So POPular!, a weekly MSNBC digital series about culture. She is a sought-after speaker and the founder of #GirlsLikeUs, a social media project that empowers trans women.
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Open Wide(r)
“Dr. Rosenthal is not only a superb technician but an incredible artist. His work can affect the entire structure of a woman’s face aesthetically.” —Vera Wang, fashion designer
“No one knows their way around a mouth like Dr. Larry! He is a genius, but thank God he doesn’t act like one. If you have teeth, Open Wide(r) is for you!” —Kathie Lee Gifford, television host
Dental pioneer Dr. Larry Rosenthal reimagined dentistry as a visual art, transforming the practice of Aesthetic Dentistry, simplifying new approaches to dental care that begin with a beautiful smile and facial enhancement and expand to help eliminate disease, improve anti-aging vigor, and reduce long-term healthcare problems. He invented the Smile Lift, his “non-surgical facelift” that helps us look our best, raising self-esteem without surgery and completed in a day or two.
Now, in his new book OPEN WIDE(R): A Guide to Smile and Facial Aesthetics to Enhance Your Confidence, Appearance, and Overall Health (Rosetta Books; 2017), Dr. Larry Rosenthal breaks down the myths, deceptions, and misconceptions about dental care and empowers you to take charge of your smile and the lifelong health you’ve always wanted and needed.
Dr. Larry, as his patients call him, reveals how our mouth and teeth health can significantly influence our overall health, including an array of problems like sleep apnea, snoring, chronic head and neck pain, TMD and heart disease. Tooth health also can influence oxygen intake, affecting our immune system, which can be related to misdiagnosed attention deficit disorder (ADD).
Offering insights and news about treatments and convenience that many consumers are not yet aware of, in OPEN WIDE(R) Dr. Larry discusses, among many topics:
- The Smile Lift – A “non-surgical facelift” that Dr. Larry and his “Dream Team” achieve with proper lip support, smile balance and facial enhancement, as well as anti-aging implementation — it also combats the sunken-face syndrome that can be common when we age, taking a decade off one’s visage noninvasively and painlessly
- The Trial Smile – A cool way to try before you buy; using provisionals, a dentist can demonstrate a wider, fuller smile on one side, and a more subtle, softer smile on the other, with variations in color and shading, to help patents in the decision making
- A Smile Literally Increases Your Face Value — It boosts your immune system, increases your endorphins, so you feel better and your self-confidence rises; visually, others attribute you with intelligence, and higher employment value
- “Designing Your Smile” – Less invasive than crowns, porcelain veneers can result in a dramatic overall change in facial appearance, covering minor chips, cracks, or striations in the enamel, closing small gaps, and restoring tooth color or worn-down or crooked teeth
- How “Bleach Junkies” Do Harm – Over-bleaching causes their teeth to be brittle and crack
- The Parent’s Responsibility – Proactive steps to take to now with children to prevent major adult problems
- The Artistry of Dentistry from Prep-Less, Minimal Invasive Dentistry to Full Reconstruction; prep-less means painless, little-or-no-drilling procedures that maintain as much tooth structure as possible
- A Visual Guide to the Smile Assessment – What you should be looking for and asking your dentist about
- Health Dentistry – How it applies to anti-aging and it’s correlation to heart disease, head and neck pain, maximum oxygen intake, and snoring
Informative and inspiring, Dr. Larry Rosenthal’s OPEN WIDE(R) is a valuable consumer handbook to getting optimal dental care and an intriguing look into the latest advantages in modern dentistry. It will have people across the country smiling.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Dr. Larry Rosenthal, DDS, is internationally recognized expert in aesthetic dentistry. He is Director of the Aesthetic Continuum at The Advanced Aesthetic Program at The Rosenthal Institute at New York University. He has lectured globally and has written numerous articles in dental journals as well as being featured in many beauty and health magazines and on television. Based in New York City, he maintains a private dental practice, The Rosenthal Apa Group, with his partner Dr. Michael Apa.
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America, The Owner’s Manual
“When it comes to the state of American democracy, are you a doer or a complainer? Bob Graham and Chris Hand don’t just urge more Americans to be better citizens. They provide the instructions on how to do it.” – Chuck Todd, NBC “Meet the Press”
“Combining expert advice with relevant and timely examples, this is a straightforward and accessible ‘how to’ guide to working for change.” – Annise Parker, former Houston Mayor
Tired of a divisive campaign season full of mudslinging but lacking substantive discussion of important topics? Frustrated at government officials who seem to prioritize gridlock and partisanship over problem solving and progress?
If you’re mad as hell at the political process and don’t want to take it anymore, you’re not alone. In 2015, a Pew Charitable Trusts survey found that 74 percent of Americans believed that most elected officials didn’t care what people like them thought. In the 2016 presidential election, people have vented those frustrations with their votes. Republicans nominated a wealthy real estate developer and former reality show host who had never before run for office, and until recently was best known for his sharp rhetoric on immigration and his questioning the current president’s birthplace. Democrats nearly nominated a self-described socialist who criticized previous trade agreements and the influence of big money in politics.
While it is not surprising that Americans would channel their frustrations into contenders pledging to end business as usual, you don’t have to pin your hopes for change on any one candidate. Nor should you throw in the towel on democracy, and simply assume that you can’t fight City Hall. In AMERICA, THE OWNER’S MANUAL: You Can Fight City Hall and Win (CQ Press/Sage Publishing; 2016), former U.S. Senator Bob Graham and attorney/long-time public servant Chris Hand show us how to discover, build, and flex our citizenship muscles.
As Graham and Hand write, the book explores “what it truly means to be a citizen in our democracy, including the power to engage government directly and move it in a different direction.” Citizens “do have a say about what the government does—if they learn, master, and practice the skills of effective citizenship.”
AMERICA, THE OWNER’S MANUAL contains 35 “Tips from the Pros” offered by people who have served as governors, Cabinet members, members of Congress, mayors, county commissioners, school board members, appointed officials, journalists, public finance professionals, political consultants, non-profit leaders, and business advocates.
But as Graham and Hand write, “[t]he worst mistake we could make in writing this book would be to provide the ‘how to’ of active democratic engagement – a lecture on paper – without showing you how citizens have succeeded in making government respond.” That’s why the book is filled with stories of everyday people who have moved government. These stories include:
- A Georgia Tea Party founder who formed an unlikely alliance with environmental activists and solar power advocates to demand more solar power from the state’s largest utility;
- Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD), which started around a California kitchen table, and in a few short years achieved an increase in the legal drinking age from 18 to 21;
- University of Missouri football players who took a stand and refused to play until college administrators took serious action to address racial issues on campus;
- LGBT advocates and business leaders who joined forces and persuaded a reluctant county commission to ban discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity;
Graham and Hand hope the reader will see themselves in these examples of citizens who chose to be participants rather than spectators in the arena of democracy. Is your goal to clean up a local river? Persuade your school board to invest in needed classroom equipment? Start a city bike share program? By the end of AMERICA, THE OWNER’S MANUAL, you will have new confidence that you can make governments work for you, not the other way around.
ABOUT THE AUTHORS
Following 12 years of service in the Florida Legislature, Bob Graham was elected governor of Florida in 1978. During two successful terms as governor, Graham was nationally recognized for reforms in education, environmental protection, and economic diversification. Upon concluding his two terms as governor, Graham left office with an 83% approval rating from the people of Florida. Graham was elected to the United States Senate in 1986, serving three consecutive terms. As a member of the Senate Finance, Environment and Public Works, and Veterans Affairs Committees, he was a leader on health, trade, tax, water and infrastructure issues. Graham also authored the 2004 book Intelligence Matters and the 2011 novel Keys to the Kingdom, both revealing serious faults in the U.S. national security system. He currently leads efforts to enhance citizen engagement and train future leaders at the Bob Graham Center for Public Service at the University of Florida.
Chris Hand is an attorney with a long record of public service. He previously served as speechwriter, press secretary, and campaign press secretary for Senator Graham and as Chief of Staff for the consolidated City of Jacksonville, Florida—the largest city by area in the contiguous United States and the 12th largest by population in the entire nation. In 2008, Hand was one of 27 Florida electors in the United States Electoral College. He graduated with honors from the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University and the Fredric G. Levin College of Law at the University of Florida. At Princeton, Chris was honored with the Daily Princetonian Award for his successful efforts to reform the university’s then century old Honor Code. At the University of Florida, the law school student body elected Hand as president of the student bar association.
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Darwin Health
The roadblocks to achieving meaningful improvements in cancer treatment are well known. In a nutshell, despite important advances over the years, the world of cancer research and drug development is struggling. How and from where will much-needed breakthroughs come?
A groundbreaking company, DarwinHealth™, is digging deeper than genes to put its finger on the off-switch of cancer. Today’s approaches based on precision medicine—mutation-targeted drug therapy and immunotherapy—fall short because of the very small percentage of patients who can benefit, and the downside of severe side effects. We are in dire need of innovative strategies. To fight a disease as complex as cancer, you need an equally complex bullet. And there are few technologies currently available that address this need with the rigor or directness required.
For precision medicine to achieve its promise, we need to consider multifaceted bullets that target the full spectrum of tumor vulnerabilities. One of the world’s leading scientists, Andrea Califano, Wu Professor of Chemical Systems Biology at Columbia University and recipient of an NCI Outstanding Investigator Award, along with Gideon Bosker, MD, co-founded DarwinHealth to address the “precision deficit disorder” in cancer medicine. Using robotics, super-computers, and novel approaches from systems biology, their validated technology is able to identify targets that lead to more customized and effective treatments, drawing upon drugs already available in the cancer space.
In a new perspective just published in Medscape Oncology®, Drs. Califano and Bosker describe how and why new models for cancer that dig deeper than genes and mutations have the potential to unveil the next generation of cancer targets so that treatments will be more effective and precise; and produce more enduring results.
Unlike current mutation-based approaches, their strategy to make precision cancer medicine truly precise aims to pinpoint pivotal protein targets that represent the universal, structural pillars of cancer. This is poised to set the stage for more effective treatments for virtually every cancer patient. DarwinHealth’s pioneering technology is described in landmark articles authored by Califano in Nature Reviews Cancer and Nature Genetics.
In only 12 months, this young company has secured a number of key collaborations with a “Who’s Who” of Fortune 50 biopharmaceutical and healthcare-focused companies.
The real world impact of this precision-focused discovery already is being felt. Patients are or will soon be starting to enroll in a new class of clinical trials built around this methodology at Columbia University and the MD Anderson Cancer Center. As just one example, a breast cancer patient started on a combination drug regimen predicted by the methodologies used in DarwinHealth’s deeper-than-genes models has been stable for 10 months after her cancer had progressed rapidly on every other previous therapy deployed on her behalf.
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Rick Dees All-Time Top 40 Greatest Desserts
“Rick Dees and I are both crazy about pastries and desserts. So I’m delighted that he’s sharing his favorites. Like Rick himself, they are approachable, down to earth, and great fun. You’ll love every bite.” —Wolfgang Puck, from his foreword to Rick Dees All-Time Top 40 Greatest Desserts
Renowned radio and TV personality, comedic performer, and Grammy Governor’s Award winner Rick Dees has made an indelible mark in entertainment. He entertains the world with music and comedy. His #1 internationally syndicated radio show, “The Rick Dees Weekly Top 40,” is heard each weekend by more than 70 million people across the U.S., in 125 countries, and on the Armed Forces Radio Network.
When he’s not keeping the beat for millions of fans, he relaxes with the eggbeaters. Rick has a longtime passion for and expertise in baking.
Now, Rick has brought together his favorite scrumptious “deeserts” in RICK DEES ALL-TIME TOP 40 GREATEST DESSERTS (Dees Creations, Inc.; 2016). With a foreword by Wolfgang Puck, it includes pies, cobblers, cakes, soufflés, flans, cookies, tartes, toffee, and more. There are delicious delectables and crowd pleasers like Rick’s Old-Fashioned Apple Pie, Shaker Lemon Pie, Peach Cobbler, Rick’s Red Velvet Cake, Don’t Tell Mama Cake, Molten Chocolate Cake, Cola Cake, Date Shakes, Butterscotch Pecan Soufflé, Bananas Foster, Super Creamy Chocolate Frosting, Crème Fraîche, and Caramel Sauce.
Rick includes personal stories and anecdotes, like his memory of gathering fresh pecans from his grandmother’s backyard in Goldsboro, North Carolina, for his first pie, and discovering the social benefits of being a great baker in high school. His go-to dessert cookbook provides more than 50 simple recipes that even first-time bakers will whip up with ease.
Beautifully illustrated with full-color photography throughout and with helpful tips on metric equivalents, baking the perfect pie crust, serving recommendations, and informative Chef’s Notes for each recipe, RICK DEES ALL-TIME TOP 40 GREATEST DESSERTS will add mouth-watering desserts to your table every time.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Rick Dees, comedic performer, and renowned radio and TV personality, has captivated millions with his quick-witted style. His familiar voice and characters have made an indelible mark on American radio and television, and entertained people worldwide. His #1 internationally syndicated radio show, “The Rick Dees Weekly Top 40,” is heard each weekend by more than 70 million people. He is founder/partner of the Fine Living Network, which is now the Cooking Channel on Scripps Networks. A winner of the Grammy Governor’s Award, he turned KIIS-FM into the #1 revenue-generating radio station in America with an asset value approaching a half-billion dollars in the ‘80s. Dees won Billboard Radio Personality Of The Year ten years in a row. Among his many other accolades are the Marconi Award and induction into the National Radio Hall Of Fame and the National Association Of Broadcasters’ Hall Of Fame. For more information, please visit RickDeeserts.com and Rick.com, and connect with Rick on Facebook, @RickDees on Twitter, Pinterest, or catch up with his shows on the Rick Dees Channel on YouTube.
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Design Wise
Vern Yip, one of the most beloved and recognizable interior designers in America, has helped thousands of people beautify their homes during his near-decade at HGTV. He effortlessly combines their personal styles with his trademark look that’s sleek, simple, and welcoming. And as a family man with “two very active kids and 500 pounds of dogs,” he understands the challenges of decorating a home that fits with a busy family life.
Now in his debut design book VERN YIP’S DESIGN WISE: Your Smart Guide to a Beautiful Home (Running Press; September 2016; $27.50), Vern shares his secrets to smart, beautiful living with a “design by the numbers” approach, revealing the optimal measurements that are integral to making a room feel “right.”
These standards of distinctive, good design—where to place sofas in relation to coffee tables, how high or low to hang artwork, and how large a living room rug should be—free you to explore and develop your personal aesthetic while bringing flow and balance to your living spaces. Applicable to all décors, from old-world elegance to rustic simplicity, these principles save money because you know what to look for and ask about when making a major purchase, and save time by eliminating the agonizing decisions about where to place furniture.
Combining his signature attention to detail with creative, clean-lined interiors balanced with warmth, Vern includes:
- Design by the Numbers – Critical dimensions for transformative spaces
- Shop Smart – Need-to-know insights before you buy wood, dining, bedroom, or living room furniture; lighting fixtures; window treatments; accessories and more
- Creating Moods and Functionality – How he expresses these design principles in his own distinctively different homes: an historic Atlanta family home, a modern Manhattan apartment, and a casual laid-back cottage in Florida’s panhandle
- Design Dilemmas – Break through “design paralysis” to solve them for good value
- “Learn from Vern” – Sidebars of practical information and tips on how to personalize your space
- At-a-Glance Cheat Sheets – Gather the most essential information for quick and easy reference
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Vern Yip has helped countless families with their homes during his four seasons on TLC’s Trading Spaces, NBC’s Home Intervention, his own HGTV shows Deserving Design with Vern Yip, HGTV Urban Oasis, and through his private practice Vern Yip Designs in Atlanta, Georgia. A judge on nine seasons of HGTV’s hit summer series, HGTV Design Star, he also hosted his own special, Live In Vern’s House. Vern has been writing for The Washington Post since 2011 and has had his own HGTV Magazine column, “Learn From Vern” for four years. Vern’s design brand has also successfully extended into home product design, with fabric collections available at Calico and other major fabric retailers, lighting for Stonegate Designs, and home fragrance and home accessories available nationwide.
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My Glory Was I Had Such Friends
In this moving memoir about the power of friendship and the resilience of the human spirit, Amy Silverstein tells the story of the extraordinary group of women who supported her as she waited on the precipice for a life-saving heart transplant.
Nearly twenty-six years after receiving her first heart transplant, Amy Silverstein’s donor heart plummeted into failure. If she wanted to live, she had to take on the grueling quest for a new heart—immediately.
A shot at survival meant uprooting her life and moving across the country to California. When her friends heard of her plans, there was only one reaction: “I’m there.” Nine remarkable women—Joy, Jill, Leja, Jody, Lauren, Robin, Valerie, Ann, and Jane—put demanding jobs and pressing family obligations on hold to fly across the country and be by Amy’s side. Creating a calendar spreadsheet, the women—some of them strangers to one another—passed the baton of friendship, one to the next, and headed straight and strong into the battle to help save Amy’s life.
Empowered by the kind of empathy that can only grow with age, these women, each knowing Amy from different stages of her life, banded together to provide her with something that medicine alone could not. Sleeping on a cot beside her bed, they rubbed her back and feet when the pain was unbearable, adorned her room with death-distracting decorations, and engaged in their “best talks ever.” They saw the true measure of their friend’s strength, and they each responded in kind.
My Glory Was I Had Such Friends is a tribute to these women and the intense hours they spent together—hours of heightened emotion and self-awareness, where everything was laid bare. Candid and heartrending, this once-in-a-lifetime story of connection and empathy is a powerful reminder of the ultimate importance of “showing up” for those we love.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Amy Silverstein is the author of Sick Girl, which won a “Books for a Better Life Award” and was a finalist for the Border’s Original Voices Award. She has served on the Board of the United Network of Organ Sharing (UNOS) and is an active speaker on women’s health issues and patient advocacy. She lives in New York.
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My Mother’s Kitchen
Peter Gethers has loved food and wine all his life, and now he wants to give his 93-year-old mother a final gift: a spectacular feast featuring all her favorite dishes. Problem is, he doesn’t know how cook most of them, so he embarks upon a culinary journey that will ultimately allow him to bring his mother’s friends and loved ones to the table one last time.
The daughter of a restaurateur, Judy Gethers discovered a passion for cooking in her 50s. In time, she became a mentor and friend to several of the most famous chefs in America, including Wolfgang Puck and Jonathan Waxman. In her 80s, she was robbed of her ability to cook by a debilitating stroke. But illness has brought her closer than ever to her son: at least twice a week, Peter visits her so he can make her dinner, ask questions about her colorful past, and learn her kitchen secrets. Gradually his ambition becomes manifest: he decides to learn how to cook his mother the meal of her dreams and thereby tell the story of her life to all those who have loved her.
With his trademark wit and knowing eye, Peter Gethers has written an unforgettable memoir about how food and family can do much more than feed us—they can nourish our souls.
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The Winchester
“The extraordinary life of Oliver Winchester and his company – and its rapid rise and slow and tragic fall into modern obscurity – is told gallantly and with great precision by a distant descendant, the noted BBC correspondent Laura Trevelyan. From Little Bighorn to the Winchester Mystery House – it is all there, a series of American icons sturdily described by a writer who, because of her ancestry, knows the story far better than most and tells it better than all.” —Simon Winchester, author of Pacific: The Ocean of the Future
“Laura Trevelyan is one of the most brilliant journalists and incisive television presenters working in America today. She is also a very accomplished historian, and in this fascinating and vividly evocative book, she tells the story of her Winchester and Bennett forebears. Deeply researched and beautifully written, this is an outstanding study of an iconic American firm and of an extraordinary American family.” —Sir David Cannadine, Princeton University
It is impossible to tell the story of America’s westward expansion without underscoring the importance of the Winchester, the “Gun That Won the West.” In The Winchester: The Gun That Built an American Dynasty (Yale University Press; 2016), Laura Trevelyan, a descendant of the Winchester family, offers an engrossing personal history of the colorful New England and their iconic firearm.
Trevelyan chronicles the rise and fortunes of the Winchester Repeating Arms Company across three generations, from Oliver Winchester’s involvement with the Volcanic Arms Company in 1855 through the following turbulent decades of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Trevelyan tells the story of the Winchester company as a family concern, through the lens of the individuals themselves. From the Civil War era until World War I, larger-than-life characters ran the Winchester Repeating Arms Company with great success. The war led to a precipitous decline in the company’s fortunes and eventually the end of the family’s association with the business.
The popularity of Winchester arms mirrored American expansion at a time of rugged individualism and the opening up of the Western frontier. In The Winchester, Trevelyan tells a story of the evolution of an iconic, paradigm‑changing weapon that has become a part of American culture—a longtime favorite of collectors and gun enthusiasts that has been celebrated in fiction, glorified in Hollywood, and applauded in endorsements from the likes of Annie Oakley, Theodore Roosevelt, Ernest Hemingway, and Native American tribesmen who called it “the spirit gun.”
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Laura Trevelyan is an anchor and correspondent for the BBC based in New York. She has worked for the BBC since 1993, reporting for many radio and television programs. The great-great-great-granddaughter of Oliver Winchester, Laura Trevelyan first became interested in the subject at the age of 17, when she was visiting the Connecticut home of her Winchester relatives and learned to fire a rifle adapted to shoot tennis balls.
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Climate of Hope
“Meeting our world’s growing energy demands will require contributions from science, business, and government. As Climate of Hope shows, Michael Bloomberg has a unique understanding of the importance of this collaborative approach. Michael’s leadership and optimism remind us that by working together, we can develop breakthrough innovations to reduce the cost and increase the reliability of clean energy technology.” —Bill Gates, co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
“Upbeat, pragmatic, eloquent, and supremely well-informed, Bloomberg and Pope present striking statistics, cogently describe diverse examples of energy reforms and innovations across the U.S. and around the world, and make clear on both personal and social levels why a low-carbon future is possible, necessary, and of great benefit to everyone.”—Booklist, Starred Review
“…a hopeful book of strategies for delivering the planet from our worst environmental depredations.…a thoughtful, eminently reasonable set of proposals”—Kirkus
Given the news out of Washington, D.C., and the rate at which the earth’s temperature is rising, it’s easy for people to become despondent about climate change. But Michael Bloomberg and Carl Pope are optimistic. They believe that we are now in a better position to stop climate change than ever before. In the years ahead, cities, businesses, and communities—not Washington or other national governments—can lead and win the battle against global warming. In CLIMATE OF HOPE: How Cities, Businesses, and Citizens Can Save the Planet (St. Martin’s Press; April 2017), Bloomberg, a renowned entrepreneur, philanthropist and former mayor of the nation’s largest city, and Pope, the former executive director of the Sierra Club, approach climate change from different perspectives yet arrive at similar conclusions. Together, they create a new type of conversation about climate change—one that moves the issue from partisanship to empowerment; from top-down to bottom-up; and from fear to hope.
“Cooler heads can produce a cooler world,” write Bloomberg and Pope, who lower the temperature of the debate by showing that the changing climate is a series of discrete, manageable problems each with a solution that can make our society healthier and stronger. National governments, they argue, are not the best places to create these solutions. Rather, it is the mayors, CEOs, entrepreneurs, activists, concerned citizens, and other local actors who truly have the power to win the battle against climate change in ways that will also generate economic growth and improve public health—and many, in fact, are already making substantial progress.
Readers will discover how mayors in cities around the U.S., in red and blue states, are leading this work, and the crucial roles that business leaders and citizens are playing. And readers will come away with a clear sense of what they can do, in their own hometowns, to contribute to the progress.
Writing in alternating chapters from their own experiences, sharing illustrative moments from their distinguished careers in public service and activism, Michael Bloomberg and Carl Pope provide a practical road map for tackling the most complicated challenge the world has ever faced. Rather than using the apocalyptic alarmism that often characterizes discussion of this issue, CLIMATE OF HOPE inspires action by offering practical solutions and showing how they can produce immediate and concrete benefits.
For more information, please visit: climateofhope.com
ABOUT THE AUTHORS
Michael Bloomberg is the founder of Bloomberg LP, a global media and financial information company. He served as Mayor of New York City from 2002-2013. In 2014, the U.N. Secretary-General appointed him Special Envoy for Cities and Climate Change. He is one of the world’s most prominent philanthropists, and the environment is one of the five main focus areas of his foundation, Bloomberg Philanthropies.
Carl Pope currently serves as the principal advisor at Inside Straight Strategies, looking for the underlying economics that link sustainability and economic development. Former executive director and chairman of the Sierra Club, he has served on the Boards of the California League of Conservation Voters, Public Voice, and National Clean Air Coalition among many others. He is the author of three books. He writes regularly for Bloomberg View and Huffington Post.
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Smart Women Love Money
“In this essential book, Alice Finn shows that women have the power to rewrite the rules when it comes to managing their money. As a leader in financial planning, Alice knows better than anyone the core tenets of smart investing. Smart Women Love Money is a manual for how women can use five simple rules to achieve their financial goals.” —Andrea Jung, President and CEO of Grameen America and former Chairman and CEO, Avon Products
Learning to apply the power of investing is the last frontier of feminism. Women who invest can succeed without asking for anyone’s approval; the stock market has no glass ceiling and it does not care what gender you are. Yet, women still have a blind spot when it comes to managing our money. Why, when women have broken barriers in business, sports, politics, science, and the arts, are we still afraid to shine in finance?
Especially when as many as nine out of ten of us, at some point in our lives, will have to manage our finances and those of our family. Most women earn less than men over a lifetime, so we must make the money we do have work for us as much as possible.
Now—instead of simply offering to invest your money for you—wealth management expert Alice Finn (called “The Giant” by Barron’s) is giving you a solid financial education so you don’t pay the cost of opportunities lost by not investing: the ability to pay for a college education, own a home, change careers to pursue a dream, or retire.
Alice Finn shows you can have it all and pay for it yourself, too, in SMART WOMEN LOVE MONEY: Five Simple, Life-Changing Rules of Investing (Regan Arts; April 2017), the first step in educating yourself, learning how to invest wisely, and building a portfolio for the resources to live a productive and secure life for years to come. Drawing on more than 20 years of experience as a successful wealth management adviser, Finn shares proven strategies for women at all stages, whether starting a career, home raising children, or heading up a major corporation.
It’s beyond time to change the game, when the majority of millennial women still feel a typical investor is an old, white man; when only 53% of women have begun saving for retirement, compared to 65% of men, and when the average balance for women’s 401(k) retirement accounts in mid-2016 was $75,771, while men’s 401(k) accounts contained an average of $115,835, a difference too large to be explained by the gender wage gap alone.
Finn will show you how to invest in your financial future with five simple rules that cut through the unnecessarily complex jargon of Wall Street. The five life-changing rules will: motivate you to invest, focus you on strategy that really matters, simplify your investing, keep you on track, and ensure your fees are low so you don’t lose half your wealth to Wall Street (yes, many people do that and don’t even know it’s happening).
Finn’s five life-changing rules:
- Invest in Stocks for the Long Run – A guiding principle, giving you perspective so you will get the magic of compounding working for you, starting now.
- Allocate your Assets – Your lynchpin strategy for investing that will determine most of your returns.
- Implement with Index Funds – The best simple, low-cost way to invest.
- Rebalance Regularly – How to sell high and buy low without much effort, to keep you on track toward your goals.
- Keep Your Fees Low – A how-to, so you don’t risk forfeiting a significant portion of the wealth you will accumulate over time.
This book is particularly timely as the Trump Administration is questioning the Obama-era Fiduciary Rule, meant to protect consumers by requiring all financial advisors who manage client retirement accounts to act as fiduciaries, putting their clients’ interests ahead of Wall Street’s interest. SMART WOMEN LOVE MONEY will give you the needed information to protect yourself and all of your assets, whether or not the Fiduciary Rule is put into effect, and if you invest outside of qualified retirement accounts, where the Fiduciary Rule does not apply. It also includes important questions to ask a financial advisor and an easy-reference financial glossary.
Whether you have $10, $1,000, $10,000, or more, it’s time to get smart about your money. Embrace the full potential of financial independence and prepare to reap the rewards with Alice Finn’s SMART WOMEN LOVE MONEY.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Alice Finn is a wealth management expert. Featured as “The Giant” by Barron’s in its inaugural list of the Top 100 Independent Financial Advisers, she has appeared as a top financial adviser on CNBC and been named repeatedly by Worth Magazine as one of the Top 100 Wealth Advisers in the United States. She is the CEO of PowerHouse Assets LLC, a firm she founded to help women become more engaged in their important financial matters. Among other outreach activities, the firm hosts “PowerHouses,” woman-to-woman educational discussions about investing to plan for the financial future. Prior to that, Finn was co-Founder, CEO and Chief Investment Officer of Ballentine, Finn and Company Inc., named the #1 wealth management firm by Bloomberg, where she grew the firm’s assets under advisement to $5 billion. Under her leadership, the firm was honored with the Growth Leadership Award by the Family Wealth Alliance and was consistently named by Charles Schwab as among the industry’s best-managed firms. Prior to becoming a financial advisor, Finn worked in the general counsel’s office at NASA. Finn is a Certified Financial Planner (CFP®) professional, received her AB from Harvard, has a MALD from The Fletcher School at Tufts and a JD from Harvard Law School.
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Do I Make Myself Clear?
“Harry Evans reminds us how important it is to write clearly. Then he shows how. Those of us who have been edited by Harry marvel at his dexterity in unclogging dense prose, and in this book he reveals his secrets.” —Walter Isaacson, author of Steve Jobs and The Innovators
“Clarity and wit have something in common, and it’s Harry Evans. He clears a path through the thorny underbrush that stands between us and meaning, and he does it with cutting humor and graceful charm. He certainly does make himself clear, and us, too.”—Alan Alda, Actor and Writer
“Harold (Harry) Evans is a writer and thinker of deep and celebrated accomplishment and marked independence, and his new book on how our government hides behind a word it’s never even heard of—prolixity—is acutely on target.”—Peggy Noonan, author of The Time of Our Lives
“Harry Evans is one of the great—indeed legendary—editors of our time. Over the course of his career, he has edited newspapers, books, and magazines, which surely qualifies as a publishing trifecta. All his talents—and irresistible charm—are on display in Do I Make Myself Clear? It’s much more than a guide to English usage—it’s a companion: informative, delightful, and indispensable. ” —Christopher Buckley, author of Thank You for Smoking
Writers of renown agree on the clarity, wit, and timeliness of DO I MAKE MYSELF CLEAR? Why Writing Well Matters, by Sir Harold Evans, one of the great editors of our time. His insistent theme is that writing well matters because words have consequences. The bursting of the housing bubble that led to the Great Recession revealed that millions had signed agreements they hadn’t understood. Insurance policies for medical treatment or flood and wind damage turn out not to cover what the language suggests they covered. And now the attorneys general in Illinois and Washington, backed by a coalition of 27 other states, have filed lawsuits accusing Sallie Mae of subprime notoriety and its spinoff, Navient, of duping hundreds of thousands of students into accepting loans designed to fail.
Evans calls the words that confuse and deceive people “the fog.” He writes: “Fog everywhere. Fog online and in print, fog exhaled in television studios where time is anyway too short for truth. Fog in the regulating agencies that couldn’t see the signals flashing danger in shadow banking. Fog in the pressure groups that conceal their real purpose with euphemism….The fog that envelops English is not just a question of good taste, style, and aesthetics. It is a moral issue.”
This argument has never been more relevant.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Harold Evans is a British-born journalist and writer who edited the Sunday Times from 1967 to 1981 and the Times from 1981 to 1982. In Attacking the Devil, Netflix dramatizes his famous Sunday Times campaign exposing the negligence in the poisoning of thousands of thalidomide babies. He is an MA graduate of Durham University and was a Harkness Fellow at Chicago and Stanford Universities and a Poynter Fellow at Yale. He became an American citizen in 1993, following the trajectory of another Harkness Fellow, the late Alistair Cooke, broadcasting commentaries on America for the BBC. Evans founded and edited the prize-winning Condé Nast Traveler. He was editor-in-chief of the Atlantic Monthly Press and president and publisher of Random House, with a record of bestselling authors. He holds the British Press Awards’ Gold Award for Lifetime Achievement, and in 2001, British journalists voted him the all-time greatest British newspaper editor. He was knighted in 2003 for services to journalism. Since 2011, he has been editor-at-large for Reuters, writing political commentary and interviewing political and economic leaders.
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Problem Solved
“This excellent book shows how the science of decision-making can be applied to anything…from politics to business to creative art…and therefore the outcome made better. In today’s world of complexity that is a pretty useful guide!” —Tony Blair, former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
“Cheryl Einhorn has given us a practical book providing a wealth of useful lessons for making complex decisions of almost any kind. It breaks down everything from where to look for data and insights to how to make sure you don’t see only what you want to see. This is a book that can be useful for everyone.” ―Atul Gawande, bestselling author of The Checklist Manifesto and Being Mortal
Facing a high-stakes decision can be overwhelming. How can we trust that our own preconceptions and mental shortcuts aren’t directing our attention away from unfamiliar, yet viable opportunities? In her new book, PROBLEM SOLVED: A Powerful System for Making Complex Decisions with Confidence and Conviction (Career Press; April 2017), award-winning investigative journalist and Columbia Business School Adjunct Professor Cheryl Strauss Einhorn shares her AREA Method to help you solve high-stakes personal and professional decisions.
Einhorn has applied the AREA Method successfully for a diverse mix of consulting clients including National Public Radio, the Milken Institute, Kroll, and WorkMarket. In her investigative journalism work, she’s used it to unearth stories for publications including The New York Times, Pro Publica, Foreign Policy Magazine and the Council On Foreign Relations, in addition to her live on-air news analysis at CNBC.
AREA is an acronym that stands for the four stages of Cheryl’s decision-making process: Absolute, Relative, Exploration & Exploitation and Analysis. Absolute refers to primary, uninfluenced information from the source at the center of your research and decision-making process. Relative refers to the perspectives of outsiders around your research subject. Exploration and Exploitation are the twin engines of creativity, one focused on expanding your research breadth and the other on deepening your understanding of you as a decision maker. Analysis synthesizes and interprets the information you’ve collected.
In describing her step-by-step approach, Einhorn shares with readers:
- How to hone in on your motivation behind the decision and how to identify what’s most critical for you to feel that the outcome is successful
- How to avoid relying on faulty intuition and snap judgments
- How to understand other stakeholders’ incentives and motivations
- When it’s important to decelerate and pause in the process to refine and re-articulate the progression of the investigation
- Why it’s important to try to disprove each possible decision and plan for failure
- How to employ a feedback loop at each stage to show when circling back for more data or analysis is needed
Einhorn walks readers through the AREA Method by describing four real-life scenarios: two high-stakes professional decisions, and two momentous personal decisions, and illustrates how each person navigated the process to end up with a decision that, while sometimes unexpected, led to positive outcomes.
Filled with proven strategies and concrete tools readers can apply immediately for effective results, PROBLEM SOLVED provides a clear sense of how to make sound decisions to reach goals with confidence and conviction.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Cheryl Strauss Einhorn, an award-winning investigative journalist, covers business, economic, and financial news for publications including Barron’s, Pro Publica, Foreign Policy, and The New York Times. As the founder of CSE Consulting, a strategic consulting practice, she applies her AREA Method—initially developed to promote better decision-making in her journalism work— toward the success of businesses and individuals. A Columbia University adjunct professor, she teaches her AREA Method at Columbia Business School, having also taught it at the Graduate School of Journalism. To learn more about Einhorn, please visit areamethod.com.
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Spies In The Family
At the height of tensions between the US and the USSR, the Americans had a secret weapon—a Soviet double agent who rose to the rank of general and passed intelligence which most likely averted a nuclear showdown. And yet this crucial historical chapter has remained hidden in the shadows…until now.
Reporting from the inside, Eva Dillon breaks the incredible story of her CIA officer father, his GRU asset, and their remarkable relationship in SPIES IN THE FAMILY: An American Spymaster, His Russian Crown Jewel, and the Friendship That Helped End the Cold War (Harper; On Sale: May 9, 2017; $28.99; Hardcover). Given the cooperation of both families as well as extraordinary access to former CIA and FBI officials involved in the case and to archival documents, Dillon delivers a riveting account that is part nail-biting spy thriller, part intimate family memoir, and an altogether electrifying read. With concerns about Vladimir Putin’s intentions and aggressions making headlines daily, this stunning page-turner brims with chilling contemporary relevance.
Growing up, Dillon always thought that her father’s job at the State Department explained their peripatetic lifestyle as they moved from continent to continent. Then his diplomatic cover was blown in a sensational book, exposing his real career to his kids and, more dangerously, to the entire world. However, it would be decades before the extent of his clandestine activities became clear to Eva and her siblings. What ultimately emerged: his role as handler for the CIA’s most valuable operative during the darkest moments of the Cold War.
Codenamed TOPHAT, Dmitri Fedorovich Polyakov was a World War II hero turned military intelligence officer who volunteered his services to the United States, a decision with potentially fatal consequences, when he was stationed at the UN in 1962. A principled man motivated by his love of his country, he wanted neither money nor asylum. Instead, by alerting the US government to its deficiencies in the arms race via a wealth of classified material, he sought to prevent a superpower faceoff. Enter Paul Dillon, Eva’s father, the primary CIA contact for whom the Soviet felt respect. After first meeting in Burma, the Russian-speaking Dillon and Polyakov developed a close friendship over the years that transcended the ideological divide and endured until their respective tragic final days.
Spanning lives, families, and politics across the Iron Curtain, this spellbinder digs deep into the past to contemplate timeless—and sometimes heartbreaking—questions of loyalty, honor, duty, conscience, and betrayal. Meticulously investigated from Dillon’s unique perspective, SPIES IN THE FAMILY intertwines the personal and the professional to illuminate at last a seminal Cold War espionage tale that could easily have been lost forever.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Eva Dillon spent twenty-five years in the magazine publishing business, including stints at Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar, Glamour, The New Yorker, and as president of Reader’s Digest. Dillon and her six siblings grew up moving around the world for her father’s CIA assignments from Berlin to Mexico City to Rome to New Delhi. A transplanted New Yorker now living in Charleston, she holds a bachelor’s in Music from Virginia Commonwealth University.
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Loving Robert Lowell
“Sandra Hochman shocked the literary world with her novel Walking Papers. I was dizzy with excitement about her talent. Her originality is repeated again in this memoir on her love affair of Robert Lowell…. She’s one of the greatest American writers.” ―Philip Roth
Sandra Hochman was 25 when she received a journalism assignment that changed her life: interview Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Robert Lowell. She called him to set a time to speak and he suggested they meet immediately at the Russian Tea Room in New York. There, he confessed he had just left his wife. Many martinis later, they began a heady and disorienting affair with more heat than city asphalt baking in the sun.
Hochman, whose 1973 documentary Year of the Woman featuring Warren Beatty, Shirley MacLaine, Gloria Steinem, and Nora Ephron has new relevance, was part of a literary crowd that included Allen Ginsberg, Norman Mailer, and Philip Roth. She revered Lowell, having studied him at Bennington College, then carrying Lord Weary’s Castle around Paris while her own marriage dissolved. That Lowell was 43 was no matter: to Hochman, he was a handsome genius, a Boston Brahmin, whose waspy presence she was delighted to luxuriate in. They took immense pleasure in reading and critiquing each other’s work, promising to spend the rest of their lives together. Both poets sought to break away from the customs of their rigid families, finding acceptance and understanding for a blissful time with each other.
The first new work from Hochman in forty years, her memoir LOVING ROBERT LOWELL (July 2017; Turner Publishing) is about the passions that flare within us and the secrets that undo us. It’s a story about what happens when our best face, the one we put on for new friends and lovers, disappears in a flash.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Sandra Hochman is a Pulitzer Prize-nominated poet with six volumes of poetry. She also authored two nonfiction books and directed a 1973 documentary, Year of the Woman, currently enjoying a renaissance. Her work has appeared in The New Yorker, and she was a columnist for Harper’s Bazaar.
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Sometimes Amazing Things Happen: Heartbreak and Hope on the Bellevue Hospital Psychiatric Prison Ward
“The individual stories of these men—who were central to my experiences as a psychiatrist—are at once incredibly humbling, terrifying, and inspiring. Through them, I learned about survival and hope.” —Elizabeth Ford, MD
Welcome to the Bellevue Hospital Psychiatric Prison Ward, a maximum-security hospital and inpatient psychiatric unit for the inmates of the New York City jail system, with its hub on Rikers Island.
In this captivating memoir, Dr. Elizabeth Ford, now the Chief of Psychiatry for Correctional Health Services for New York City’s Health and Hospitals, shares her stories of caring for these at-risk patients—like the most hated and alienated inmate on Rikers, who cries when discussing his abusive childhood, the writer who agrees to treatment in exchange for Dr. Ford’s take on the opening chapter of his novel, and the twenty-four-year-old schizophrenic whom Dr. Ford later encounters on the streets of Manhattan, happy and healthy after finally finding the right medication.
This is a story of friendship, redemption, and joy—of tough, hardworking doctors and staff fighting to care for and keep safe a population many would like to forget. It is also a story of institutional failure, and the nationwide warehousing of the mentally ill which has funneled more than 300,000 severely impaired individuals into prisons and jails that are neither equipped nor staffed to handle them.
The numbers involved are staggering:
- 356,268 people with mental illnesses are incarcerated— compared to just about 35,000 people who are receiving treatment in state hospitals.
- 44 states and the District of Columbia have at least one jail that houses more people with mental illnesses than the largest state psychiatric hospital does.
- Most of the prisoners who suffer from mental health issues are grappling with mood and psychotic disorders, like severe depression, bipolar disorder, and schizophrenia.
Ford’s patients could be violent and unpredictable, but they were also funny and tender. Above all, they were human—and they awakened in Ford a profound compassion. Urgent and eloquent, her indelible chronicle offers proof that sometimes amazing things happen.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Elizabeth Ford, MD is currently the Chief of Psychiatry for Correctional Health Services for New York City’s Health and Hospitals and a Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry at New York University School of Medicine. She spent years working on the jail inpatient psychiatry service at Bellevue and in the Bellevue psychiatric emergency room, specializing in the care of individuals with mental illness in the criminal justice system. Dr. Ford teaches and writes extensively about topics related to the interface of mental health, law, and correctional settings. She lives in New York with her family.
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Surviving Berlin – An Oral History
“Karl von der Heyden has written two fascinating autobiographies wrapped in one. The first is of his childhood years in Nazi Germany, as seen through the eyes of a youngster trying to live a normal life. The second is of a young immigrant’s discovery of America, and his growing love for his adopted new home, even as he discovers the racial injustices of the South that remind him of the anti-Semitic racism of his native land under Nazism. He belongs to that generation of young Germans who, years later, first confronted their Nazi parents with the hard questions of ‘what did you know, what did you do, and why did you go along?’ Insightful and well-written, Surviving Berlin eloquently raises questions that continue to have relevance today. It’s a book you will not want to put down.”
—Michael Blumenthal, former United States Secretary of the Treasury
“Karl von der Heyden has done a signal service to those of us who wonder what it was like to grow up in Germany under Nazi rule. His intimate account of life as a Berliner coming of age during World War II and its aftermath is a reminder in these troubled times that averting our eyes from racist intolerance has devastating personal consequences.”
—Martin Indyk, Executive Vice President of the Brookings Institution
and former U.S. Ambassador to IsraelKarl M. von der Heyden was born in 1936 in Berlin—the heart of Nazi Germany. When young, he played with friends in the active and robust streets. Short years later, they fled for their lives east and then west along those same streets, trying to avoid the Russian army. His vibrant city, peopled with citizens he perceived as kind and honorable, had been wiped from the Earth. He experienced constant hunger.
Now, in SURVIVING BERLIN: An Oral History (MCP Books; July 2017), von der Heyden tells the story of his unlikely journey from the bomb shelter outside his childhood home, and massive destruction and deprivation, to the top corporate boardrooms in America. The book covers the summer of 1936 until 1963: the first third of his life. During the war, Hitler, ruling Nazi Germany from an office perhaps ten miles from von der Heyden’s home, carried out the mass extermination of six million Jews.
For years after peace came, the consequences of that horrific war continued to define von der Heyden’s everyday existence and a question plagued him: What had his parents known—how much could they have known—about the atrocities that the Nazis had committed? Von der Heyden’s father had been a member of the Nazi Party, and as a son, his guilt was complicated by the fact that his father had spent five harsh years as a prisoner of war in a Russian camp in Siberia. SURVIVING BERLIN is a first-hand account of the tumultuous Nazi and post-war years in Germany, and one man’s poignant search to find and understand the unvarnished truth.
In 1957, attending Duke University on a scholarship, he found his answers in an improbable place, the archives of the southern American institution. He located issues of the Nazi party’s newspaper, Völkischer Beobachter (The People’s Observer), and spent hours piecing together events, slowly filling in the gaps that had developed in the silence of his father and mother’s generation.
Equipped with new insights, von der Heyden was stunned to see a “parallel injustice” between the experiences of the Jews in Nazi Germany and of the blacks in the segregated South—the North Carolina university itself did not admit African-Americans until 1963. Von der Heyden writes, “I found the fact that systematic discrimination against a particular group of citizens could exist in America—a country we Germans viewed as enterprising and modern—incomprehensible.”
He became an American citizen, and served as the CFO of three of America’s largest consumer products companies: H.J. Heinz, PepsiCo, and RJR Nabisco, where he was also CEO. He also served as an independent director on a dozen large publicly held companies, including the New York Stock Exchange, DreamWorks Animations, and Macy’s. On an interim basis, he became president and chief executive officer at financially troubled Metallgesellschaft Corp. and successfully restructured the company in a period of seven months. He and his wife, Mary Ellen, share a commitment to philanthropy and have funded a library, an arts center and numerous fellowships at Duke University, in addition to significant endowments elsewhere. In his foreword to the book, Norman Pearlstein calls von der Heyden, “a legend whose career defies comparison. …that trusted individual who gets results while shunning the limelight.”
Today, von der Heyden remains “part of a generation of Germans plagued by guilt about what the Nazis did” to Jews and other minorities. And he states clearly, “In no way is anything in this memoir meant to compare my family’s travails with the terrible suffering experienced by so many during and after the war. There is no comparison of any kind to be made.”
Affecting and thought provoking, SURVIVING BERLIN is a remarkable story, whose themes are as profound today as they were seventy years ago.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Karl M. von der Heyden served as the Chief Financial Officer of three of America’s largest consumer products companies: H.J. Heinz, PepsiCo, and RJR Nabisco, where he was also CEO. He also served as an independent director on a dozen large publicly held companies, including the New York Stock Exchange, DreamWorks Animations, AstraZeneca, and Macy’s. Recipient of The International Center in New York’s Award of Excellence and the Ellis Island Medal of Honor, he served as Co-Chairman of the American Academy in Berlin and as a former trustee of Duke University, the YMCA of Greater New York, and other nonprofit organizations.
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Downtime: Deliciousness at Home
“Most of the food I serve at home is simple, flavorful comfort food. It’s all about blurring the distinction between family food and special occasions. Cook for guests as you would for family, and treat your family like company.” —Nadine Levy Redzepi
Nadine Redzepi has cooked for friends who just happen to be world-acclaimed chefs. Whether preparing meals for her own growing family, friends, or incredible chefs, she puts flavor first and presents everything in a casually elegant way anyone can emulate, day in, day out. Great meals don’t have to be complicated to be sophisticated.
Even though her husband, René, is the chef of the critically acclaimed restaurant Noma in Copenhagen, Nadine is the one cooking when chefs like David Chang come over for dinner. As René says in his foreword, “Nadine, without ever intending it, embodies the values a cook can sometimes forget when they’ve spent most of their young career as a mercenary in adrenaline-fueled kitchens. If I hadn’t seen her channeling all of her best intentions into making someone happy, I don’t think Noma would have ended up where it has. Her lack of ego and generosity of spirit reminded me, and the chefs whom she would ask for tips or would cook for on their nights off, of the reason people gather around a table.”
Now, in DOWNTIME: Deliciousness at Home (Pam Krauss Books/Avery; October 2017), Nadine Levy Redzepi shares her recipes for family food and relaxed get-togethers that carry the extra touch you generally might reserve for special occasions.
Reflecting her preference for straightforward simplicity, the book is comprised of three sections: 20 starters, 40 mains, and 20 desserts. It’s an eclectic mix of comfort food dishes—some of which she has been eating and preparing since childhood—and easy-to-make dishes with restaurant-level plate appeal. Her only hard-and-fast rules are to use the very best quality ingredients and prepare them in the way that allows their inherent flavors to shine most brightly.
Most of her recipes—such as Breaded Tomatoes with Mascarpone and Sardines, Tonkatsu Chicken with Caramelized Carrots, Roasted Ratatouille with Orzo, Duck Breast Rice Bowl with Tomatoes and Cucumbers, or Kale and Mushroom “Carbonara”—are easy enough to make on a busy weeknight. Her building-block approach allows cooks to master elements like making mayonnaise, browned butter, or deep-fried eggplant and combine those elements in different ways. One cake batter is fashioned into multiple desserts, from a simple loaf cake to a show-stopping Giant Macaron Cake. A tart shell is filled with eggs and sweet potatoes for a savory supper or there is fresh fruit and frangipane for an easy weeknight dessert.
Beautiful photographs by Ditte Isager transport readers to her home kitchen. Filled with pro tips for elevating meals easily, plus sections on pantry must-haves, kitchen tools, and equipment, DOWNTIME is the everyday cookbook a new generation of home cooks has been waiting for.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Nadine Levy Redzepi is an enthusiastic home cook, a mother of three, and has spent most of her adult life working with her husband, René Redzepi, at the restaurant Noma in Copenhagen.
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The Happiness Diet
Improve your mental health and make yourself happier with this mood-boosting, life-changing, holistic nutritional plan that includes recipes, advice, and the science behind it from an internationally bestselling author and a nutritional therapist.
Eat better, feel better! There’s a reason that our stomachs are often referred to as our second brains: the gut is responsible for producing around 90 percent of a person’s serotonin, the chemical responsible for making you feel good. Since suffering from her last serious bout of depression, bestselling author and mental health advocate Rachel Kelly has developed a broad holistic approach to staying healthy and happy, and the heart of her recovery process involves a crucial shift in diet.
Over the past five years, Kelly and nutritionist Alice Mackintosh have drawn from more than 100 scientific studies to identify the foods that either drag us down or lift us up. Together, they have built up a repertoire of over five-dozen recipes that target particular symptoms, from insomnia and mood swings to anxiety and exhaustion.
In this bright, warm, beautifully designed cookbook with chapters ranging from Steady Energy and Beating the Blues to Hormonal Peace and Finding Comfort, they put all the theories into practice, explaining how you can incorporate these changes seamlessly into your daily life. Along with fantastic recipes and daily meal planners, each chapter features informative introductions explaining the nutritional science behind their advice. The Happiness Diet also offers cheat sheets of essential foods to incorporate into your diet, with comforting thoughts and inspirational quotes. Follow the advice in these pages, and even if it’s the only life change you make, you will begin to feel stronger and lighter with each passing week. Happy eating!ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Rachel Kelly is the bestselling author of The Happiness Diet, Walking on Sunshine: 52 Small Steps to Happiness, and Black Rainbow. She began her career as a journalist in London at The Times. She is now an official Ambassador for SANE and Re-Think Mental Illness. Rachel Kelly lives in West London.
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Two’s Company
“Authentic and real: a love story that is inspirational and filled with helpful insights that can help us all find true and lasting love.” — John Gray, author of Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus
In her most personal and inspiring book yet, New York Times bestselling author Suzanne Somers shows how to shape a healthy, lasting relationship through the lens of her 50-year love affair with her husband, Alan Hamel. Exposing the inner workings of her marriage, Suzanne writes, “We have what everyone wants; the combination for a great love lock.” It’s what she calls the “figure 8” of their relationship: a winning combination of love, business, and family—and great sex.
Intimate, funny, candid, and insightful—Suzanne shares it all in TWO’S COMPANY: A Fifty-Year Romance with Lessons Learned in Love, Life & Business (Harmony; November 2017).
Beginning when a big-city guy from Toronto met a small-town girl from San Bruno, California, that unique “figure 8” blossomed when Suzanne was fired from TV’s #1 show Three’s Company for asking to be paid commensurately with men who were making 10 to 15 times her salary on lower-rated shows. Her contract had ended and as is normal in TV, it was time to renegotiate. Unbeknownst to Suzanne, the network decided to use her as the example so no other woman in TV would dare try for parity. The thinking was if the #1 female star could be fired, it would scare all the other women from doing likewise. As a result Suzanne and Alan decided to take control of her brand as one of the most popular female personalities and work only for themselves.
Building on the adoration she inspired among her fans, they turned her momentum into a major enterprise, expanding from her books and television into Las Vegas headliner shows, a one-woman Broadway musical, international speaking engagements, beauty and health products, fitness, and fashion.
Suzanne reflects on her groundbreaking success as a TV star and Las Vegas Entertainer of the Year, author of 14 New York Times bestsellers, and successful entrepreneur, and on overcoming the shadow of an alcoholic father to become a mother, partner, and ultimately self-fulfilled woman. Through fame, fortune, shattering sickness, and blended families, Suzanne and Alan have kept their marriage vital—together 24/7 with not one night apart in 37 years, and combining individual business strengths in their evolving, loving relationship.
Suzanne reveals hard-won advice on turning negatives into positives and relying on another person without sacrificing individuality, among many other intriguing stories:
- Her brother installing a lock on the inside of an upstairs closet, so the family could hide on nights when her alcoholic father was especially violent
- On seeing her play Adelaide in a high school production of Guys and Dolls, Walter Winchell– the New York columnist on whom Damon Runyon had based one of his characters– saying, “You’re goin’ someplace, sister.”
- Leaving home as a teenage mother, and the horrific near-death car accident involving her son, Bruce, when he was five years old
- Lacking the 50-cent bridge toll en route to an audition, she gave the toll-taker a lipstick as collateral. The part? The mysterious blonde in the Thunderbird in American Graffiti
- A chance meeting with Johnny Carson in the NBC commissary that led to Three’s Company
- Her gutsy, ballsy creative move to land a high-powered publicist
- Landing a Vegas deal better than the one requested that got her fired from Three’s Company
- Working with Barry Manilow, Bob Hope, Paul Anka, Jerry Lewis, Sammy Davis Jr., Donna Summer, John Wayne, Red Skelton, and more; partying with Ringo Starr, Monaco royalty, and Rod Stewart
- Her last conversation with John Ritter
The story behind the incredible success of the ThighMaster - Her breast cancer, and becoming the first patient in the United States to undergo cell-assisted lipotransfer (CAL) in breast reconstruction, after spearheading the clinical trial
- The home inferno they escaped, and kindness from stars and strangers that helped them rebuild
- Her suspicious poisoning with succinylcholine, a drug ABC News called “a perfect murder weapon”
- Creating one of the world’s most trusted business brands, and more
Suzanne’s narrative is spiced throughout with Alan’s takes on events and feelings, as well as her meaningful “What I Know Now” insights—her personal life lessons that are uplifting and transformative. TWO’S COMPANY also features 70 captivating black-and-white and full-color images from Suzanne’s personal scrapbooks, including favorite moments with Alan, family, and celebrity friends, as well as highlights from throughout her career.
As always, Suzanne Somers tells it like it is. In TWO’S COMPANY, an empowering and entertaining love story, memoir, and motivational guide, readers, too, will discover how to forge and maintain a partnership that’s built to last.
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Make It Rain
“Areva is the first true expert to reveal these secrets about how the media works behind the scenes. This is how the pros do it…In Make it Rain!, Areva provides invaluable advice about how to leverage the incredible power of the media to get your message out to the people who need it most…Following her well-articulated guidelines and watching her appearances is the formula for assured success. Areva is my number one expert. She always delivers.” — Dr. Phil McGraw
Areva Martin is an award-winning attorney and a leading expert, host and commentator on a range of compelling legal, political, women’s, children’s and celebrity issues. Her appearances as recurring co-host of The Doctors, CNN legal analyst, and on Dr. Phil, Anderson Cooper 360, and DailyMailTV, among other shows across the CNN and HLN networks, have helped her become one of America’s most sought-after thought leaders.
Areva understands the power of media and what it can bring to any business owner, executive, nonprofit spokesperson, author or anyone else looking to grow their brand. In her new book, Make It Rain! How to Use Media to Revolutionize Your Business & Brand (Center Street, March 20, 2018 ISBN: 9781478989875), Areva delivers a new perspective on developing your personal branding, building a career, and creating advantage. She uncovers the secrets to gaining media exposure and explains why becoming a go-to expert on tv, radio, or online can be the most effective—and cheapest—way to take your business or career to a level higher than ever imagined.
Every day, guest experts are getting local and national exposure and reaching millions of potential customers without spending a dime on ads. As Areva explains, the key lies in knowing how to define your audience, connect with producers, hosts, and writers with engaging content, and display a mastery of your topic. In Make It Rain! she offers the most comprehensive guide available to making media appearances to build visibility via social media.
“Media appearances can give you the opportunity to make your expertise available, to raise the profile of your business and get your message out,” Areva writes. “If you inform, educate, and empower people in the process, producers will be quick to invite you back. Those invitations can lead to a dramatic uptick in business.” In an interview, she can discuss such topics as:
- How to craft pitches producers can’t resist
- How to jump on breaking news shows
- How to pivot and speak in soundbites like the pros
- Effective ways to amplify every interview with social media
- The keys to turning appearances into a platform
Never before have there been more ways to build a presence that matters. With Make It Rain! Areva proves that gaining exposure through media is the fastest and most effective way to obtain the power and influence you need to be an even greater success.
Areva Martin is an attorney, advocate, television host, legal and social issues commentator, and author. A recurring guest host on The Doctors and a CNN Legal Analyst, she is a regular contributor to The Dr. Phil Show, Anderson Cooper 360, and DailyMailTV, among other shows across the CNN and HLN networks and more. She is founder of Martin & Martin, LLP, and creator of Special Needs Network, Inc., a grassroots nonprofit to assist families raising kids on the autism spectrum.
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The Education of Eva Moskowitz
Eva Moskowitz, the controversial founder and CEO of Success Academy Charter Schools, has earned allies and enemies in equal measure for championing school choice and waging war on the policies responsible for our nation’s dysfunctional public schools. Now, she has brought her crusade to the page in THE EDUCATION OF EVA MOSKOWITZ: A Memoir (Harper; September 12, 2017), a riveting chronicle of her battles, a deeply felt personal story and a resounding mission statement.
A quintessential New Yorker known for her “sharp elbows,” Ms. Moskowitz pulls no punches in her candid account of her clashes with powerful interests, including the teachers unions and Mayor Bill de Blasio, who announced during his mayoral campaign that it was “time for Eva Moskowitz to stop having the run of the place … to stop being tolerated, enabled, supported.” When De Blasio evicted three of her schools, it led to showdown that garnered national press coverage. Ms. Moskowitz provides a behind the scenes account of her successful battle to save her schools.
Ms. Moskowitz, a graduate of Stuyvesant High School and former Professor who holds a Ph.D. in American history from Johns Hopkins University, also recounts her decision to enter politics, the conflicts she had with the teachers unions as a member of the New York City Council, and the revenge they exacted on her when she sought to run for Manhattan Borough President. It also covers the remarkable story of how she founded Success Academies and grew it over the course of a decade from a single school in Harlem to a network of 46 schools serving 15,500 children in four boroughs.
Ms. Moskowitz provides a deeply personal account of her life describing her own personal insecurities, her struggle to have children, her firsthand accounts of the attack on the Twin Towers and the murder of one of her colleagues by a political opponent, her joy at seeing the children at her schools succeed and her heartbreak at the tragedies that have befallen many of them.
Over the years, many people have given their opinion of Eva Moskowitz:
“Possibly the most polarizing, successful and controversial charter leader in the country.” –Richard Whitmore
“I’ve never experienced star-chamber hearings the way her hearings went, and they were so biased and so one-sided.” –Randi Weingarten
“Brilliant, savvy, ambitious, often a pain in my neck, and atypically fearless for an elected official.” –Joel Klein
“Why’s there so much hate for a woman who has decided to spend her days starting schools for poor and mostly black children in Harlem?” –Elizabeth Greene
“Charter czarina Eva Moskowitz carries sharp elbows.” –Michael Powell, New York Times columnist
“[Y]our arrogance about what the system should do and that charter schools are the answer is exactly what drives the conflict in a community.” –Council Member Carmen Arroyo
“They’re both extraordinary. I’m going to vote for both of them.” –Donald Trump on Moskowitz and her political opponent
“Surprises From 2015, and Reasons for Hope….: Eva S. Moskowitz realizes that lots of people don’t like her.” —Ginia Bellafante, New York Times
“A lightning rod for praise and rage: the patron saint of parents and the pariah of the unions.” —Lizzy Ratner, New York Observer
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The Climbers
“Jim Herrington captures the men and women behind the superhuman feats. His experience as a climber allows him access to their world, but his talent as a photographer is what brings them back to ours. In these portraits, we are reminded that great men are still men, sharing the same humor, motivation, and humanity as the rest of us.” – Alex Honnold
Photographs by Jim Herrington
Essay by Greg Child
Foreword by Alex HonnoldFor nearly two decades, professional photographer Jim Herrington has been working on a portrait series of influential rock and mountain climbers. The Climbers (Mountaineers Books; October 2017) documents these rugged individualists who, from roughly the 1930s to 1970s, used primitive gear along with their considerable wits, talent, and fortitude to tackle unscaled peaks around the world. Today, these men and women are renowned for their past accomplishments and, in many cases, are the last of the remaining practitioners from the so-called “Golden Age” of 20th century climbing.
Herrington’s images—the result of his own passion for climbing—allow us to study the faces of climbers who were driven to do the impossible for no other reason than the challenge. In these portraits we find people who ascended bold, visionary lines, often in remote regions, away from the media spotlight and without any hope for reward. Yet in many ways the severe routes these men and women established outshine today’s ascents due, in part, to the fact that rope and other gear were so strikingly inferior to today. And often our pioneering predecessors were climbing into a malevolent unknown—if compromised or injured, the only people in the world likely capable of initiating their rescue were the climbers themselves. Innovation emerged frequently and in unlikely ways. In these images, Herrington has captured the utter humanity of obsession, determination, intellect, and frailty.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Jim Herrington began taking pictures as a teenager in his native North Carolina. Over the past forty years he has photographed scores of luminaries, including Benny Goodman, Willie Nelson, The Rolling Stones, Cormac McCarthy, Morgan Freeman, and Dolly Parton, as well as the iconic mountaineers found in The Climbers. Jim’s work has appeared on album covers, in international ad campaigns, and in magazines such as Vanity Fair, Rolling Stone, Esquire, and GQ. Herrington’s photography has been exhibited in solo and group gallery shows in New York City, Los Angeles, Washington D.C., Nashville, Milwaukee, and Charlotte, and is in numerous private collections. He divides his time between New York City; Owens Valley, California; and Southern Europe. The Climbers is his first book.
Greg Child started rock climbing as a teenager in his native Australia. In 1981 he made his first expedition to the Himalaya, climbing a new route on 21,500-foot Shivling. He returned to the great ranges many times, climbing peaks like Gasherbrum IV, K2, and Everest, and the vertical Trango Tower. In Yosemite he racked up two new routes on El Capitan: Aurora, and Lost in America. These big wall climbs led him to Baffin Island for a first ascent on the 4000-foot face of Great Sail Peak. Throughout his career Greg has written about the climbing life, in numerous articles and in his books Thin Air, Mixed Emotions, Postcards from the Ledge, and Over the Edge. In 1996 he received the American Alpine Club’s Robert and Miriam Underhill Award for outstanding mountaineering achievement. He lives in Utah.
Alex Honnold is a professional adventure rock climber, known best for his audacious free-solo ascents of dizzyingly tall cliffs including the first free solo ascent of the 3,000 foot El Capitan in Yosemite National Park. He has been profiled by 60 Minutes and the New York Times, was featured on the cover of National Geographic, and has starred in numerous adventure films including the Emmy-nominated Alone on the Wall. Honnold is the founder of the Honnold Foundation, an environmental nonprofit. His autobiography, coauthored with David Roberts, is Alone on the Wall.
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Sweet
“Here is my confession: I rarely go a day without a slice or bite or square of something sweet.” —Yotam Ottolenghi
When food world superstar and New York Times bestselling cookbook author Yotam Ottolenghi started out in the world of cooking, he was “firmly on the sweet side. I trained in patisserie, and my first job in the kitchen was as a pastry chef.”
Now, in his highly anticipated and stunning new baking and desserts cookbook, Yotam Ottolenghi and his longtime friend and collaborator Helen Goh bring the Ottolenghi hallmarks of fresh, evocative ingredients, exotic spices and complex flavorings — including fig, rose petal, saffron, aniseed, orange blossom, pistachio and cardamom — to indulgent cakes, cookies, tarts, puddings, cheesecakes and ice cream.
SWEET (Ten Speed Press; October 3, 2017) brings Yotam full circle back to his roots. It is also the fruit of ten years of collaboration between him and Helen and their Ottolenghi pastry team. It is the book Ottolenghi fans have been waiting and asking for and it embraces indulgence, abundance and generosity, sharing sweet things to celebrate and treat those you love.
SWEET includes over 120 innovative recipes, from Tahini and Halva Brownies, Persian Love Cakes, Middle Eastern Millionaire’s Shortbread, and Saffron, Orange and Honey Madeleines to Frozen Espresso Parfait For a Crowd; Flourless Chocolate Layer Cake with Coffee, Walnut and Rosewater; Apricot and Amaretto Cheesecake; Cinnamon Pavlova with Praline Cream and Fresh Figs; Louise Cake piled high with meringue; Gingerbread with Brandy Apples and Crème Fraîche, and so much more. In a happy accident, there are more than 30 gluten-free recipes, as well as nut-free offerings. While these recipes are underpinned by a rich heritage of baking and dessert making, the Ottolenghi flavor formula brings in influences from Yotam and Helen’s Middle Eastern and Australasian heritage with unique twists balancing the traditional with the exotic.
The book is exquisitely photographed by the award-winning New York team Peden + Munk, whose work appears regularly in Bon Appétit.
A pleasure to read from as well as cook from, there is something here to delight and surprise everyone — from simple mini-cakes and cookies that parents can make with their children to show-stopping layer cakes and roulades that will reignite the imaginations of accomplished bakers. Widely beloved in the food world for his beautiful, inspirational, and award-winning cookbooks, Ottolenghi has created another must-have for home cooks.
About the Authors:
Yotam Ottolenghi is the award-winning author of Plenty and Plenty More, co-author of NOPI with Ramael Scully, and co-author with Sami Tamimi of Ottolenghi and Jerusalem, which was awarded Cookbook of the Year by the International Association of Culinary Professionals, and Best International Cookbook by the James Beard Foundation. All five books were New York Times bestsellers, and his books have sold 3.7 million copies worldwide. Yotam writes for The New York Times and The Guardian, appears on BBC, and made the BBC4 documentary, “Jerusalem on a Plate.” He lives in London, where he owns an eponymous group of restaurants and the high-end restaurant, NOPI.
Helen Goh is a pastry chef, longtime Ottolenghi collaborator, and has been the lead Ottolenghi product developer for ten years. She was born in Malaysia and began her cooking career in Australia. After seven years as head pastry chef at Donovans, a landmark Melbourne landmark restaurant, she moved to London, went to meet Yotam, and they have been baking and discussing the sweeter things in life ever since. She lives in West London.
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Republican Like Me
Ken Stern, the former CEO of NPR and lifelong Democrat, set out for conservative America to find out why Republicans are so wrong about everything.
It turns out, they aren’t.
REPUBLICAN LIKE ME: How I Left the Liberal Bubble and Learned to Love the Right
Lifelong Democrat Ken Stern doesn’t believe that our political world is as binary as pundits keep telling us. Extensive research has demonstrated that much of the partisan divide in our country is artificial, driven by media, campaign spending, and the increasing social and physical isolation of political communities.Stern believes that you can break down that divide with a little listening, and a little human contact—which is exactly what he set out to do when he spent a year across the aisle listening to, talking to, and praying with Republicans of all stripes. He writes about this experience in REPUBLICAN LIKE ME: How I Left the Liberal Bubble and Learned to Love the Right.
With his mind open and his dial tuned to the right, Stern went to evangelical churches, shot a hog in Texas, stood in pit row at a NASCAR race, hung out at Tea Party meetings and sat in on Steve Bannon’s radio show. He also read up on conservative wonkery and consulted with the smartest people the right has to offer. Doing his best to keep an open mind, Stern hoped to find common ground, rationality, and maybe even persuasion from the other side. Structured around the key topics that divide and inflame Democrats and Republicans: immigration, gun control, abortion, the environment and global warming, philosophies of government, and attitudes toward race and racial preferences, REPUBLICAN LIKE ME reveals what happens when a liberal sets out to look at issues from a conservative perspective. Spoiler alert: Some of his dearly cherished assumptions about the right slipped away.
REPUBLICAN LIKE ME will challenge the assumptions and attitudes of liberals and liberal orthodoxy, while giving Americans of all stripes a road map to coming together.
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Cowgirl Power
“Cowgirls are the ones who don’t back down from anything or anyone. The ones who work harder and keep playing until they get it right. Gay Gaddis calls this ‘Cowgirl Power.’ Her stories give women a clear path to find their own personal power.” —Billie Jean King
“Cowgirl Power is a book about embracing your story and your power. Gaddis, a fellow Texan who built her successful business from the ground up, shares her hard-won and thought-provoking wisdom on showing up and getting it done. It’s a great combination of story telling, actionable strategy, and a fun history of some of the cowgirls that came before us.” —Brené Brown, PhD, author of the #1 New York Times bestseller, Braving the Wilderness
When a boss said her concept for a new breed of marketing agency wouldn’t work, Gay Gaddis quit. The successful Austin-based businesswoman cashed in her $16K IRA, and founded T3—The Think Tank—a top-ranked firm with offices nationwide, creating innovative digital marketing programs for name brands such as Allstate, UPS, 7-Eleven, Staples, Capital One, Pizza Hut, and a growing roster of Fortune 200 clients.A hard-charging Texas woman, CEO, and popular speaker, Gay Gaddis knows her value and doesn’t let gender get in the way of a win. Now, in her book COWGIRL POWER (January 23, 2018; Center Street; $26.00), she shares insights and lessons learned from generations of ranchers and the spirited cowgirls she grew up with to help women lead; to enhance and exude confidence, and develop personal power on all fronts.
Why cowgirls now? Cowgirls have a bravery, authenticity, and grit that Gay sees reflected in powerful women today. She knows we all can channel some of that power.
COWGIRL POWER is about finding your own inner cowgirl to open up a world of possibilities. As the owner of one of the largest woman-owned advertising agencies in the U.S., and former chairman of C200, one of the country’s top women’s business organizations, Gay Gaddis knows a thing or two about empowerment. As the owner of a working Texas Longhorn cattle ranch in Texas Hill Country, Gay is a true cowgirl. Her insights are rooted in the feisty strength of 1920s and ’30s cowgirl heroines who were gutsy risk-takers in all they did. She shares her personal story of bootstrapped beginnings and hard-won lessons, offering an inspiring action plan for women to blaze their own trail in business and life.
In COWGIRL POWER, Gay discusses, among other motivating concepts:
- How to develop a cowgirl state of mind by owning your own power; it already exists in you
- How to cross the confidence gap; men have done it, women can, too
- Cut your own trail; do the unexpected; take opportunities outside your comfort zone
- Take responsibility for getting useful feedback; research shows men are more likely than women to get specific comments tied to outcomes; do not settle for vague answers
- Round up your Rough Riders, a feedback system of people who will tell you the truth
- Prioritize action over perfection; get it 80% right, go for it, and improve it over time
- Don’t try to separate your work entirely from your home life, and much more
Inspiring, uplifting, and full of energizing advice, COWGIRL POWER is a guide on how to develop a cowgirl state of mind and courageously take power when it comes your way. Whether your goal is to start a family or your own business, to climb the corporate ladder, organize community outreach, or run for office, Gay’s book with its Cowgirl Tool Kit equips you with the know-how to get there.
Gay Gaddis is CEO and Founder of T3—The Think Tank, and has been nationally recognized for the unique family-friendly policies like “T3 & Under” she has initiated. An active speaker, writer, and artist, Gay is contributes to Forbes and is part of Fortune’s Most Powerful Women Insider Network. Her awards and honors include Fast Company’s “Top 25 Women Business Builders” and Inc. Magazine’s “Top 10 Entrepreneurs of the Year.” She the first female Chairman of the Texas Business Leadership Council and serves on the Monotype Imaging Holdings, Inc. Board of Directors. A native Texan, she graduated from University of Texas.
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A Table in Venice
In a quiet corner of Venice, far off the beaten track and away from the crowds that cluster around the famous Piazza San Marco, stands a little house. The walls are soft, pink and crumbling. This is where Skye McAlpine writes the popular blog From My Dining Table. It is also where she grew up, where she celebrated her wedding, where her son took his first steps, and where she learned to cook. It is her home.
Now, with her debut cookbook A Table in Venice: Recipes from My Home (Clarkson Potter; March 20, 2018), Skye captures the rhythms of Venetian living that tourists rarely experience: local markets, home-cooked meals, an afternoon spritz, splashing through streets that flood when the tide is high. There are courtyard dinner parties and the magic of a city with no cars, where everyone travels by boat.
Both famous and mysterious, Venice is a top travel destination that is best experienced with a guide. Skye has lived there since she was six years old. She says, “It is the food cooked in homes and made with local ingredients, the recipes passed down through generations, that Venetians guard ferociously and exclusively for their own gratification. That is Venetian food; that is what I love and that is what I write about. This cuisine is romantic and it is exotic.”
A Table in Venice includes over 100 recipes, from Ricotta and Mint-Stuffed Zucchini Flowers, Spiced Meatballs, and Gnocchi with Cherry Tomatoes and Crab to Caramelized Fennel Risotto, Clams in White Wine Sauce, and Panettone, Mascarpone, and Almond Cake. The stunning photography and captivating storytelling bring this city to life as never before.
About the Author:
SKYE McALPINE is the creator of From My Dining Table, a popular blog where she writes about living and cooking in Venice. She and her blog have been featured in Food & Wine, The Guardian, Huffington Post, Vogue Living, Food52, The Kitchn, and Cup of Jo. She lives in Venice with her husband and their son.
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HATE: Why We Should Resist it With Free Speech, Not Censorship
“It is difficult to think of anyone better suited to write about the idea of ‘hate speech’ than Nadine Strossen.… [She] has dedicated her career to the defense of civil liberties and to the First Amendment. It is therefore fitting that at this turbulent time in our nation’s history she should re-enter the debate in an effort to shed light on some of the issues that divide our nation today. Strossen stakes out a bold and important claim about how best to protect both equality and freedom.” —Geoffrey R. Stone, Edward H. Levi Distinguished Service Professor of Law, University of Chicago Law School
“While other countries provide significant protection for free expression, the United States provides a significantly elevated level of protection, particularly for hateful speech. Nadine Strossen’s insightful and eminently readable study on why we protect such speech and why we should continue to do is an all-too-rare example of first-rate legal scholarship that the public at large can learn from and savor reading.” —Floyd Abrams, Senior Counsel, Cahill Gordon & Reindel; Adjunct Professor, NYU Law School; Author, The Soul of the First Amendment
“Nadine Strossen is one of the great civil libertarians of our day. This book provides a powerful and subtle defense of free speech. Don’t miss it!” —Cornel West, Professor of the Practice of Public Philosophy, Harvard Divinity School
In the United States, the First Amendment protects free speech for everyone, ensuring the right of unpopular and yes, even hateful voices to be heard. You’ll recall the quote: “I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.”
In her new book HATE: Why We Should Resist it With Free Speech, Not Censorship (Oxford University Press, May 2018) Nadine Strossen, president of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) from 1991 to 2008, argues that expanding free speech, not limiting it, is the solution for changing the hearts and minds of those who espouse hateful ideologies. She dispels many of the myths and misunderstandings that have permeated the debates about what constitutes “hate speech,” including what is and isn’t protected language, and affirms that we don’t have to choose between civil rights and civil liberties, or between free speech and equality.
Strossen’s powerful argument promises to elevate the conversation around why freedom of speech cannot mean freedom to express popular sentiment only. We must tolerate all speech even when it supports intolerance, or we may find we’ve given away our own right to speak against it. As Thomas Paine noted, “He that would make his own liberty secure, must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty, he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself.”
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At My Table: A Celebration of Home Cooking
Our lives are formed by memories, and the focus of mine is the food I’ve cooked and the people I’ve cooked for, the people who have sat at my table, as well as the other tables I’ve eaten on, from the blue Formica of my childhood, to the mottled zinc that is the nexus of my life now.” – Nigella Lawson
Nigella Lawson has long been a champion of the home cook, creating recipes that are approachable, achievable and above all, delicious. Her new book, AT MY TABLE: A Celebration of Home Cooking (Flatiron Books; 3 April 2018) includes over a hundred new recipes that she has shared with friends and family at her table, and are offered here for her readers to enjoy.
AT MY TABLE is abundant with recipes that are warming, comforting, and inspirational, from new riffs on classic favorites – Chicken Fricassee; Maple Roast Plums – to adventures in a host of new dishes and ingredients: Eggplant Fatteh; White Miso Hummus; and Garlicky Roast Potatoes with Oregano and Feta. As with all of Nigella’s work, this is a book to read and savor as much as to cook from. “This book, like all the books I’ve written and all the cookery books I’ve read, is not just a manual, but a collection of stories and a container of memories.” Engaging and amiably humorous, the recipes in AT MY TABLE include anecdotes and advice from Nigella that are as entertaining as they are nourishing. Here are dishes to inspire all cooks and eaters, from Hake with Bacon, Peas and Cider to Apple Pork Chops with Sauerkraut Slaw; Rump Steaks with Anchovy Cream Sauce to a Chicken and Pea Traybake; plus a host of colorful vegetable dishes, such as Eastern Mediterranean Chopped Salad, and Carrots and Fennel with Harissa.
No Nigella cookbook would be complete without crowd-pleasing cakes and desserts and AT MY TABLE delivers, with a number of recipes set to become repertoire regulars: Victoria Sponge with Cardamom, Marmalade and Crème Fraiche; Emergency Brownies; White Chocolate Cheesecake; and a beautiful Rose and Pepper Pavlova being just a few contenders.
Sure to be welcomed as another home cooking classic from Nigella, AT MY TABLE answers, in her words, “that important, everyday question ‘What are we going to eat?”’
AT MY TABLE is as gorgeous as the recipes within it. Designed throughout by Caz Hildebrand and Harry Bingham and with food photography by Jonathan Lovekin, collaborating with Nigella for the first time, AT MY TABLE is sumptuously produced and ultimately covetable; fit for the coffee table, as well as the kitchen table.
Nigella Lawson, food enthusiast, television personality, and journalist, has written ten bestselling cook books including the classics How to Eat and How To Be A Domestic Goddess—the book that inspired a whole new generation of bakers. These books, and her TV series, have made her a household name around the world.
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Preschool Clues
We’ve all heard warnings about watching too much TV and compulsively looking at our phones. Looking at children we love, we wonder about screen-time and its effects on their development. Some parents are consumed by guilt – but should they be?
Like eating, media diets can be healthy or unhealthy. But unlike labeled groceries, most media content is not so easy to categorize as good-for-us whole foods or the equivalent of empty calories.
Now, Angela Santomero – award-winning co-creator of Blue’s Clues and creator of Super Why! and Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood – explains how to evaluate children’s media content and utilize it to help children flourish academically, socially, and emotionally. In her new book PRESCHOOL CLUES: Raising Smart, Inspired, and Engaged Kids in a Screen-Filled World (April 2018; Touchstone), she shares how healthy media empowers, challenges, and builds the self-worth of children, while making them laugh.
Her iconic and wildly successful show Blue’s Clues changed the way young children watched television, destroying the myth that TV is a passive medium. It actively and consistently invited audience participation, engaging viewers and blending fun and learning.
In Preschool Clues, Angela distills the latest research in child development and education, and translates her learning philosophy beyond her award-winning shows, straight into actionable advice for parents and educators. Angela’s 11 clues can be used in everyday scenarios:
- Clue #1: Play: Play opens the door to a preschooler’s world
- Clue #2: Pause: Pausing helps preschoolers find their voice
- Clue #3: Repeat: Repetition leads to learning and mastery
- Clue #4: Think: Knowing how to think is the key to future success
- Clue #5: Resolve: Conflict develops grit, coping skills, and strategies
- Clue #6: Respect: Respectfully communicating builds a preschooler’s self-worth
- Clue #7: Help: Asking preschoolers “Will you help me?” develops empathy and confidence
- Clue #8: Model: Modeling shapes our preschooler’s behaviors and experience
- Clue #9: Observe: Finding the extraordinary in the ordinary can spark our preschooler’s passion
- Clue #10: Enjoy: Singing and laughing makes parenting easier
- Clue #11: Celebrate: Celebrating the small things grows a preschooler’s sense of optimism and intrinsic motivation
Called a “modern-day Fred Rogers” by his wife, Joanne, Angela Santomero creates high-quality programs that help young viewers develop the basic skills they will call upon for the rest of their lives. She is the co-creator of Blue’s Clues and creator of Super Why!, Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood, Creative Galaxy, and Wishenpoof. She holds a master’s degree in Child Developmental Psychology, has won 7 Parents’ Choice Gold Awards, and her work has been cited in numerous publications including Malcolm Gladwell’s bestseller, The Tipping Point. She lives in New York with her husband, Greg, daughters Hope and Ella, and dogs Oreo and Samoa.
PRESCHOOL CLUES is an invaluable guide to how quality media helps children learn — and explains how everyone can extend Angela’s successful learning techniques when the show is over.
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The One-Bottle Cocktail
No bitters, no vermouth, no liqueur?
No problem!
Maggie Hoffman’s The One-Bottle Cocktail: More than 80 Recipes with Fresh Ingredients and a Single Spirit is here to help! This collection of creative, vibrant, and delicious cocktail recipes won’t break the bank, won’t require an emergency run to the liquor store, and (best of all!) will delight cocktail lovers of all stripes.
Maybe you’ve fallen in love with the drinks at your best local bar, then been disappointed to find out how complicated—and expensive—they are to make at home. Or maybe you’re renting a beach house with friends and you want to drink well (but pack light.) If you love cocktails but don’t have an extra room in your apartment for a ton of esoteric bottles, this book is for you.
Gathered from some of the best bartenders around the country (and beyond), these all-new drinks call on common ingredients (herbs, vegetables, spices, vinegars, honey, and more) to build complex and unexpected flavor profiles. Every drink in The One-Bottle Cocktail contains a single spirit: vodka, gin, tequila, mezcal, rum, pisco, cognac, bourbon, rye, or Scotch. There are no bitters, no absinthe, no amari. There’s no vermouth, no orgeat. Just one bottle of booze and ingredients you can get at your favorite grocery store.
Maggie Hoffman writes about cocktails, wine, and beer for the James Beard Award-winning website Serious Eats, where she founded the drinks section in 2011 and served as managing editor. Hoffman has written for Wine Enthusiast, the San Francisco Chronicle, and San Francisco Magazine, as well as the websites of Saveur, Food & Wine, and others. She lives in San Francisco with her husband, daughter, and more than a few bottles of booze.
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Life After Darkness
“In the 12 years of doing the ‘Dr. Phil’ show, no one has changed me like Michelle Knight and her story of survival.” —Dr. Phil McGraw
Michelle Knight—Cleveland kidnapping survivor and #1 New York Times bestselling author of Finding Me—writes an inspiring and intimate book about healing and resilience, to be published on the five-year anniversary of her escape.
Michelle Knight—now known as Lily Rose Lee—captured the world’s attention in May 2013, when she and fellow kidnapping victims Amanda Berry and Gina DeJesus were found and freed after years of torture. Michelle was a young single mother when she was taken by Cleveland school bus driver Ariel Castro. Her story of the horrors she endured and the hope she nurtured for more than a decade became the riveting #1 New York Times bestseller Finding Me, and translation rights were sold in 18 countries.
Now, in the highly anticipated and deeply personal follow-up, she explores healing after great tragedy, and recovering from the unrelenting stress of conflict. In LIFE AFTER DARKNESS: Finding Healing and Happiness After Tragedy: A Memoir of Life After the Cleveland Kidnappings (Hachette Books; May 2018; $28.00), Michelle shares how she dared to emerge into life again, rebuilding and re-creating her true self, and offers her thoughts on how anyone who has suffered greatly can learn to find new meaning and purpose.
In LIFE AFTER DARKNESS, Michelle reveals:
- Her struggle to find love, and if she has been able to
- Why she changed her name
- Her feelings about her long-lost son
- How she adjusted to life outside of captivity
- The truth about her relationships with Amanda and Gina
- Her battles with addiction
- How she has healed and the hard-won lessons she has learned since her escape
Michelle Knight, now known as Lillian Rose Lee, is an artist, author, speaker and a survivor living in Cleveland. Lily is passionate about inspiring others, and now helps animals and volunteers at local shelters, creates art, and advocates for change to ensure others are safe from the experience she has overcome.
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An American Sickness
“An eye opening discussion…[An] important book…Rosenthal told an interviewer her goal was to ‘start a very loud conversation’ that will be ‘difficult politically to ignore.’ We need such a conversation—not just about how the market fails, but about how we can change the political realities that stand in the way of fixing it.” —The New York Times Book Review
“A blast across the bow of the entire health care industry…Throughout, the author blends extensive research with human interest…A scathing denouncement.” —Kirkus Reviews
“Patients can save thousands of dollars by purchasing An American Sickness.” —New York Journal of Books
Even with Congress’s failure to officially repeal the Affordable Care Act, our healthcare system is desperately broken. No proposed reforms have addressed the fact that the cost of medical care in the U.S. has grown far beyond what most people can afford, and pharmaceutical giant CVS’s recent acquisition of Aetna only underscores what Americans have known for years: Our healthcare system is now in the money-making business and not the healing one.
As a Harvard-trained medical doctor and veteran journalist—first with the New York Times and now as editor-in-chief of Kaiser Health News—Elisabeth Rosenthal has witnessed firsthand how healthcare has become a business. In AN AMERICAN SICKNESS: How Healthcare Became Big Business and How You Can Take It Back (Penguin Books; On-sale March 13, 2018), she provides an in-depth analysis of how, in the past twenty-five years, the healthcare system has begun to focus less on the patient and more on revenue.
We are all experiencing increasing out-of-pocket healthcare costs: rising drug prices, insurance premiums, copayments and deductibles and surprise bills for services that we discover only after-the-fact are not covered by our insurance at all. American prices for everything in healthcare are 2-3 times what they are in other developed countries. Getting sick is unaffordable.
AN AMERICAN SICKNESS wants to educate readers on how we got into this dire situation, because an educated consumer is the one who can change it. The book gets granular (Questions I should ask my doctor; How to read a hospital bill; How to fight a hospital bill; How to negotiate with your insurer over cost) as well as macro (Why has our healthcare system become so byzantine? Who are the bad guys? Why are things like drugs, medical devices, surgery, childbirth, more expensive here than in most any other place in the world?). Blending extensive research with real stories of people caught in healthcare nightmares, she offers sage advice on how to make the system more responsive and affordable.
Even before Elisabeth Rosenthal grabbed the attention of the American public with the hardcover publication of AN AMERICAN SICKNESS, she had spent a lifetime studying our healthcare system. As a child of a physician, then a Harvard-trained medical doctor, and eventually as a reporter, she’s had a front-row seat to the transformation of the American medical system from a caring endeavor to the most profitable industry in the United States. AN AMERICAN SICKNESS helps us wrest control of our health from the ledgers of the medical-industrial complex and put it back where it belongs—with the consumer.
About the Author:
Dr. Elisabeth Rosenthal was for twenty-two years a reporter, correspondent, and senior writer at The New York Times before becoming the editor in chief of Kaiser Health News, an independent journalism newsroom focusing on health and health policy. She holds an MD from Harvard Medical School, trained in internal medicine, and has worked as an ER physician. She lives in New York City and Washington, DC.
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Take Off Your Shoes
“Most hard-charging senior executives have thought of leaving their stressful jobs and bugging out to Bali. Ben Feder had the guts to do it. Even if we can’t follow in his footsteps, we all can benefit from his experience through the compelling story he tells in Take Off Your Shoes.” — Tom Glocer, Former CEO of Thomson Reuters and Founder of Angelic Partners
“Fiercely honest, Ben Feder takes off more than his shoes. He takes the bands off his plastic, expansive brain and lets us in on an intimate journey. At the end I felt a crazy thing: this is an exciting time to be a man. Could this book be more timely? I read it cover to cover on my iPhone!” — Geraldine Laybourne, Co-founder of Katapult; Founder, Oxygen Media; first President, Nickelodeon
“The magic of Ben Feder’s narrative is that we see our own lives unfold as we travel alongside him on his journey. His poignant inner monologue touches us and emboldens us to make braver choices. We are left richer for the voyage.” —Eric Langshur, author of the New York Times bestseller Start Here
Top tech exec Ben Feder was hugely successful as CEO of Take Two Interactive, publisher of the monster-hit video games Red Dead Redemption and Grand Theft Auto. But his hard charging, high-performance business life was seriously impacting his personal and family health. That’s when he made the bold and potentially career-ending decision to take an eight-month family sabbatical in Bali.
Now, in TAKE OFF YOUR SHOES: From the Boardroom to Bali and Back (Radius Book Group; April 2018) Ben Feder asks and answers the question: Could he—could anyone—find a way to live a harmonious and balanced life and simultaneously achieve substantial success?
Illuminating and inspiring, TAKE OFF YOUR SHOES is Feder’s brutally honest and revealing journey of self-rediscovery, his heartfelt attempt to find personal fulfillment and rebuild family relationships before he loses them forever. Exploring brain plasticity and our ability to change our lives by changing our minds, Feder deepened his connections to his wife and children, lost 20 pounds, and moved his health stats from the red zone to normal levels. Now, could he return to New York City and live with greater compassion and gratitude, engaging in a richer life fiercely and wholeheartedly?
The family’s encounters transformed them, and his children became more mature, compassionate, and able to lead more fulfilling lives—even at their young ages. Sharing his experiences on changing a life of doing to one of being and meaning, Feder narrates how he:
- Interrupted the relentless recipe for suffering: striving leading to more striving;
- Moved his mindset from corporate takeover to spiritual makeover;
- Challenged preconceptions through Inquiry Practice (thoughts are not facts);
- Tackled life’s challenges in new ways that maintained relationships and opened new doors by learning to “see” differently through the practice of art and yoga;
- Became a better father, offering his children a broader worldview and freeing them from unnecessary stressors, so they could engage, play, and create;
- Gained a fresh perspective on corporate life that he applies daily;
- Leads now with intention, how it impacts conversations, alters a point of view, and more.
Ben Feder is President of International Partnerships for the U.S. at Tencent, the Chinese internet titan, and formerly was CEO of Take Two interactive, the publisher of the smash video game hits Red Dead Redemption, Grand Theft Auto, and NBA 2K. He serves on the boards of directors of public and private companies in the media and entertainment industries and is a director of Save a Child’s Heart, a nonprofit that works globally to rescue children with congenital heart defects. A Harvard Business School graduate, Feder lives in New York City with his wife, Victoria, and their four children.
Witty and wise, TAKE OFF YOUR SHOES provides insightful guidance for anyone facing change, seeking career-life balance, or weighing a next step in life.
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Make Me Even And I’ll Never Gamble Again
“A rip-roaring yarn of baseball, poker, and Wall Street told with humor and humanity.”
—Geoffrey Garrett, Dean, The Wharton School“I bet you won’t be able to put down this book. By turns hilarious, insightful, and touching, Fine has written a coming-of-age story for the ages.”
—Peter Lattman, Vice Chairman, The AtlanticDrawing from his own experiences in the turbulent ‘70s and ‘80s, hedge fund pioneer Jerrold Fine blends a heartfelt story of a young man fiercely intent on achieving independence with a fascinating insider’s look at the perks and pitfalls of a high-stakes life in the world of financial markets in his debut novel MAKE ME EVEN AND I’LL NEVER GAMBLE AGAIN (RosettaBooks; August 2018).
Rogers Stout has the gambler’s gifts—a titanic brain, an uncanny ability to read people, and a risk-taker’s daring. As an apathetic high school student who loves baseball but lacks a 90-mph fastball, he knows that the game does not begin until the ball leaves the pitcher’s hand. But his life needs direction.
Everything changes the summer he is invited into the boisterous environment of an investment bank’s trading room, and to a gambling hall dive where he immediately wins big at poker, capturing the attention of his co-workers with his card-playing skills. Intrigued by trading markets, Rogers’s intellectual curiosity takes him to Wharton and then Wall Street, where he faces challenges as an outsider who thinks and acts differently from the white-shoe establishment. With his intuition and prowess, he’s ready to rewrite the rules and tackle markets with a flair that leaves his employers flabbergasted. Rogers leans heavily on his gut instincts and the unusual cadre of friendships he cultivates, but learns the hard way to be alert to the perils that await him. As Rogers plays his career hand, life plays another. Should he follow the temptress Elsbeth and her ravishing beauty, or Charlotte, his high-spirited first love?
Jerrold Fine is a graduate of the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and has served multiple terms on its Undergraduate Executive Board and Board of Overseers. He has been a founding managing partner of a hedge fund since he was twenty-four years old. He continues to run his family’s investments while he works diligently on his next novel. He lives in Connecticut with his artist wife and a ridiculously spoiled Portuguese water dog.
An intriguing look at human aspiration and the interplay of honor, greed, fear, and individuality, MAKE ME EVEN AND I’LL NEVER GAMBLE AGAIN reveals a time when a new generation upended the status quo on Wall Street and forever changed investing
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Mark Seliger Photographs
Mark Seliger’s extraordinary portfolio is 30 years in the making. In 1987 Seliger began shooting small assignments for Rolling Stone; in 1992 he became their chief photographer, a position he kept for 15 years. During the course of his time at the magazine, he photographed more than 125 covers. His work has appeared in Vanity Fair, ELLE, GQ, Vogue Italia, New Yorker, Purple, and in museums and galleries worldwide. He has captured some of the most iconic images of the most famous and influential faces of our time, including Kurt Cobain, Nelson Mandela, Leonardo DiCaprio, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Emma Stone, Angelina Jolie, Bruce Springsteen, David Byrne, Matthew Barney, Jennifer Lawrence, Mick Jagger, Bob Dylan, Jerry Seinfeld, Jay-Z, Misty Copeland, Amy Schumer, and Paul McCartney.
Mark Seliger Photographs (Abrams; May 1, 2018; Hardcover) showcases his best-known portraiture, as well as never before seen outtakes and select standouts from his landscape and personal work including portraits of Holocaust survivors and transgender men and women on Christopher Street, and documentary photography of Cuba. Accompanying the photographs is an interview between Mark Seliger and Judd Apatow, in which Seliger shares stories behind some of his most iconic work: Kurt Cobain showing up for a Rolling Stone shoot in a “Corporate Magazines Still Suck” T-shirt; taking a road trip with Brad Pitt; and navigating a room full of Tibetan monks while shooting His Holiness the Dalai Lama. In addition, the book also features an essay by Lyle Lovett. Mark Seliger Photographs is the ultimate celebration of one of the most in-demand portrait photographers.
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The Fourth Age
THE FOURTH AGE:
SMART ROBOTS, CONSCIOUS COMPUTERS, and THE FUTURE OF HUMANITY
BYRON REESE
Author of INFINITE PROGRESS: How Technology Will End Ignorance, Disease, Hunger, Poverty and War
“Should We Fear or Embrace Artificial Intelligence?” – Wiredelta; 7-14-17
“What an Artificial Intelligence Researcher Fears about AI” – Scientific American; 7-14-17
“7 Reasons You Should Embrace, Not Fear, Artificial Intelligence” – Futurism; 3-31-17
From movies like the Terminator franchise to the latest news headlines, we’re bombarded with contradictory but often alarming messages about the future: Machines will take our jobs. Robot overlords will rule us. AIs will keep us as pets. Technology will enable the rich and powerful to enslave the poor and weak. Experts such as Elon Musk, Steven Hawking and Bill Gates fear artificial intelligence and express concern that it may be a threat to humanity’s survival in the near future. While Mark Zuckerberg, Andrew Ng, and Pedro Domingos find this viewpoint so farfetched that it seems hardly worth rebuttal. These men are all intelligent and informed people, and each group is as confident in its position as they are scornful of the other side. So who should we believe?
Technology guru Byron Reese shows us that these different viewpoints arise not because these experts know different things, but because they believe different things. And in THE FOURTH AGE: Smart Robots, Conscious Computers, and the Future of Humanity (Atria Books; $27.00; on sale: April 24, 2018), he gives us a framework to better understand our own beliefs about humanity’s future. He offers fascinating insight into our rapidly changing technology and its extraordinary implications for our species. THE FOURTH AGE is timely, urgent, and full of fascinating information that thoughtfully addresses the sense many of us have that the world we live in is on the cusp of a great and irreversible change.
We often talk about how we live in an age of change, by which we usually mean technological innovation: smart phones, the Internet, iPads, self-driving cars, and so on. But Reese explains that fundamental changes in the human experience occur very rarely. In fact, things have genuinely, irreversibly changed only three times in human history, each moment marked by the simultaneous arrival of certain “bundles” of technology.
100,000 years ago, we harnessed fire, which led to language.
10,000 years ago, we developed agriculture, which led to cities, the division of labor, and warfare.
5,000 years ago, we invented the wheel and writing, which lead to the nation state.
Now, however, we are approaching a major transformation that will bring us into the fourth age of humankind. This shift is the most drastic one of all, with several life-changing technologies converging on us at the same time in a perfect storm. We are building robots that can do human jobs. Artificial general intelligence (AGI) might be less than a decade away. There is real evidence to suggest that we may be on the verge of creating a new life form: a conscious computer to which we could outsource our thinking minds with a companion robot to perform the functions of our bodies. Reese believes that we will probably see more change in the next 50 years than we have seen in the last 5000.
Many of us are approaching this next stage of humanity with conflicted feelings. We are nervous, excited, overwhelmed, unsure of what this brave new world will mean for us, both practically and existentially. We find ourselves asking:
- If we outsource our minds and bodies, what will be left over that is uniquely human?
- What defines the “self” anyway?
- In the age of robots and sentient machines, what happens to free will?
- Will these machines have rights?
- How will jobs and our economy be affected?
- Will war and poverty cease?
- And just how close are we to the point where all of this comes to fruition?
Byron Reese has spent his entire career exploring these questions, and in THE FOURTH AGE he offers us a way to understand the world of tomorrow without resorting to the doomsday view that the media often portrays. Reese’s view is much more optimistic, but rather than providing answers from a soapbox, his goal is to give us the tools to answer the questions ourselves. Reese accomplishes a formidable synthesis of technology, sociology, history, economics and philosophy in this book, and he has a knack for finding the perfect anecdote, study, or historical precedent that makes even the most complex ideas accessible.
THE FOURTH AGE by Byron Reese puts us at a great turning point in human history and will provide readers with the vocabulary and the understanding they need to be part of the debate about what kind of world we will soon inhabit.
BYRON REESE is the publisher of tech news site Gigaom.com. He has obtained or has pending numerous patents in disciplines as varied as crowdsourcing, content creation, and psychographics. The websites he has launched, which cover the intersection of technology, business, science and history, have together received over a billion visitors. He is the author of the acclaimed book, Infinite Progress: How Technology and the Internet Will End Ignorance, Disease, Hunger, Poverty, and War, and the founder of several non-profit organizations. He currently serves as Chief Executive Officer for Knowingly, a venture-backed Internet startup based in Austin, TX.
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Small Fry
“As clear-eyed, amusing, honest, unsentimental, and sad as any memoir I’ve read in years.
The prose sparkles, the vision behind it is ruefully compassionate and wise. No other book or film has captured Steve Jobs as distinctly as this one has. The love between father and daughter, thwarted and baffled as it often is, comes through beautifully.”—Phillip Lopate
Lisa Brennan-Jobs’s SMALL FRY (Grove Press; ISBN 978-0-8021-2823-2; September 4, 2018; Hardcover) isa captivating coming-of-age memoir by the daughter of artist Chrisann Brennan and Apple founder Steve Jobs.
Told for the first time in her own words, SMALL FRY is Brennan-Jobs’s poignant story of growing up as the child of one of the most fascinating and complex men of his time. Hers was a unique childhood spent with artists and visionaries, nerds and hippies, in a rapidly changing Silicon Valley. Scrappy, wise, and funny, young Lisa is an unforgettable guide through her parents’ disparate worlds.
Lisa grew up between homes that were geographically close but had starkly different atmospheres. There was the house of her young, hippie mother, Chrisann Brennan—who struggled with money and put her daughter above everything—and there was the glamorous and unpredictable realm of her father—who had a strict code of conduct and a stringent diet, talked frankly about sex, and insisted on family loyalty.
Lisa writes,
He asked me, abruptly, “Are you going to write about me?”
“No,” I said.
“Good,” he said, and turned back to face the television.
As she got to know her father, Lisa was ushered into a new world of mansions, vacations, and private schools. His attention was thrilling, but he could also be distant, critical, and impulsive. When Lisa’s relationship with her mother grew strained in high school, she decided to move in with her father full time, hoping he’d become the parent she’d always wanted him to be.
“Lis,” he said in tender moments, “you’re gonna remember this.” And she has.
Part complex family portrait, part love letter to California in the late seventies and eighties, SMALL FRY is a vibrant, original memoir by an insightful new literary voice.
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Pitino: My Story
LEGENDARY BASKETBALL COACH RICK PITINO TO PUBLISH NO-HOLDS-BARRED BOOK ON THE NCAA’S BIGGEST RECRUITING SCANDAL
With a foreword by NBA analyst Jeff Van Gundy, Pitino: My Story by Rick Pitino and Seth Kaufman (Diversion Books, September 4, 2018) offers the hard truth about how college hoops has been pushed to the brink of disaster by greed, bad actors, and shoe company money.
More than 30 schools have been identified in a massive, ongoing FBI and NCAA investigation into athletic recruiting violations, and the Louisville Cardinals’ Hall of Fame coach has decided to lay all his cards on the table in addressing the potentially career-ending charges against him.
“I’m thrilled to publish Rick Pitino’s important story. Not only does it detail the evolution of NCAA basketball to the multi-billion-dollar enterprise it is now, but it’s a master’s course on the art of coaching and recruiting,” said Diversion Books CEO Scott Waxman. “Time and again Pitino has proven himself a champion, and now—with this book—he’s a champion of a truth that can set college basketball free.”
Pitino: My Story spans Coach Pitino’s storied career, which includes taking multiple teams to the Final Four, two National Championships, and head-coaching stints with both the New York Knicks and Boston Celtics. His tenure, however, also witnessed the rise of opportunistic agents, runners and the predatory apparel companies that have influenced the amateur game. Rick Pitino has seen it all, dealt with it all, and now tells it all.
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Healing America
When A Mindful Nation was first published, mindfulness had yet to ingrain itself into our everyday way of life—from our inner well-being to home to work to friends to family. Yet, with the ever-increasing pace of communication, flow of information, and pervasive urge to do more, the lessons from A Mindful Nation are perhaps even more important today. In this new and updated edition, retitled Healing America (Hay House Inc., September 18, 2018), Congressman Tim Ryan shares how the timeless practice of mindfulness, the natural capabilities of our brains and minds, and the core American values of self-reliance, determination, and getting the job done can positively affect every sector of our society.
Ryan connects the dots between what’s happening in the classrooms, hospitals, boardrooms, research labs, and military bases across the country. He explores the most recent scientific findings that support the beneficial effects of mindfulness and shares powerful stories from the field, showing how this simple practice is helping schoolchildren improve their ability to learn, veterans heal from trauma, and CEOs become more effective leaders. He also provides practical tips for how to incorporate mindfulness into your life today.
In this world of divisive politics and contentious dialogue, the barrage of tension never seems to let up. But there are solutions that will immediately benefit both you and society as a whole—actions that you can take, right here and right now. With a direct and in-depth understanding of politics, government budgets, and what it takes to get important tasks done, Ryan combines a practical approach with a hopeful vision for how mindfulness can help reinvigorate the American Dream.
Tim Ryan was first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 2002 and is currently serving in his eighth term representing Ohio’s 13th Congressional District. He maintains a strong commitment to the economic and social well-being of his constituents in Northeast Ohio. Congressman Ryan follows a daily mindfulness practice and has been an outspoken advocate for promoting mindfulness practice as an aid to dealing with the variety of complex problems facing the nation.
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Tooth and Nail: The Making of a Female Fight Doctor
Linda D. Dahl has never been one to back down from a challenge. A child of a Middle Eastern family in the Midwest, she always felt like an outsider, a feeling that only grew as one of the only women in her medical residency. It’s no surprise that when the New York Athletic Commission tapped her as one of the first female fight doctors, she didn’t blink. Tooth and Nail: The Making of a Female Fight Doctor (Hanover Square Press, July 24, 2018) chronicles the years Dahl spent as an ENT surgeon by day and a ringside physician by night. Fresh, timely, and magnetic, Dahl will inspire readers with her resolve in the face adversity… and maybe convince them to watch a match or two.
Linda Dahl arrived in the South Bronx to start her residency fresh from the Midwest. Scheduled with long hours and an overwhelming workload, she felt even more isolated as one of the few women in the program. One night, at her husband’s urging, Dahl watched a boxing match between Shane Mosley and Oscar De La Hoya. Watching Moseley survive against the odds gave Dahl hope that she too could find her footing. As her fandom grew, boxing became a way to connect with her patients. Then, Dahl received a phone call from the New York Athletic Commission. They were looking for a fight doctor. She accepted.
Perfect for fans of Judy Melinek, Pauline Chen and Atul Gawande, Tooth and Nail is an intrepid, adrenaline-fueled memoir loaded with behind-the-scenes takes on famous boxers including Miguel Cotto, Wladimir Klitschko, and, of course, Mike Tyson (and his pigeons).
Through it all, she weaves a unique commentary on the power dynamics that influence women every day.
“Well-written, compelling, and revealing,” (Ronald Epstein, M.D., author of Attending) Dahl’s story offers a modern examination of sexism, dislocation, as well as a roadmap for how to excel in two very different, male-dominated worlds.
Linda Dahl is an otolaryngologist in private practice in Manhattan. She was one of only a few women to ever serve as a ringside doctor for the New York Athletic Commission. A native Midwesterner, Dahl received her M.D. from the University of Minnesota Medical School. She is the author of a Clinician’s Guide to Breastfeeding: An Evidence Based Evaluation.
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Just Breathe: Meditation, Mindfulness, Movement, and More
“I wish I had learned to Just Breathe when I was younger. The lessons inside are priceless, and you will be able to use them for the rest of your life. All kids—and all adults—should read it.”
—Cara Natterson, pediatrician and New York Times bestselling author of The Care and Keeping of You series
Stress is an increasingly dominant part of young life. Over the last decade, the number of American teens feeling overwhelming anxiety has surged. Whether it’s fleeting butterflies before a test, or a constant stomach knot that seems only to tighten, kids and their parents are left wondering what they can do to relax.
Meditation teaches your brain how to stay calm in stressful situations. Wellness expert Mallika Chopra, daughter of Deepak Chopra, learned to meditate when she was nine years old. Her two daughters, ages fifteen and twelve, also practice meditation. Drawing on their experiences and her own, she wrote JUST BREATHE: Meditation, Mindfulness, Movement, and More (Running Press, August 28, 2018)—a fun and accessible guide to meditation. Mallika’s exercises show kids how to feel less overwhelmed, more in control, and generally happier. With full-color illustrations and easy-to-follow instructions, 8 to 12 year olds will love this book written just for them. It is the Care and Keeping of You for meditation and emotional wellbeing.
JUST BREATHE includes prompts for sleeping better, curbing a headache, calming an upset stomach, cooling down, and more. It shows kids how to find an anchor inside them that is safe, happy, and quiet—a place they can go whenever stress and its side effects are taking over. By connecting with their innermost being, kids can choose how to interpret experiences and be confident about expressing themselves.
Step-by-step instructions include:
- Meditation techniques to quiet your mind
- Mindfulness to become aware of your body, thoughts, and environment
- Yoga to let go of tension, breathe, connect, and get more energy
- Motivation to think positive, feel happier, and achieve your goals
- Intents to name the feelings you want to experience each day
With JUST BREATHE, kids can finally exhale. They’ll learn effective ways to deal with anxious feelings, laying a sturdy foundation for healthy teen years and adulthood.
MALLIKA CHOPRA is the author of Living with Intent, 100 Promises to My Baby, and 100 Questions from My Child. She is a busy mom of two girls, a sought after speaker, and the founder of Intent.com. She lives in Santa Monica, CA.
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Ottolenghi SIMPLE
Yotam Ottolenghi is known for flavor-packed recipes that reinvent Middle Eastern fare. Among his six New York Times bestselling cookbooks, Plenty elevated vegetables to star status, Jerusalem linked food and diplomacy, NOPI brought fine dining home, and Sweet saved room for dessert. Now, Ottolenghi SIMPLE (Ten Speed Press, October 16, 2016) shows that ambitious, memorable recipes can also be easy to make. His 130 clever new dishes develop flavor without fuss. Here, dinner can be served in less than 30 minutes, sometimes with 10 ingredients or fewer, often using just one pot or pan, with options for making ahead of time.
Ottolenghi SIMPLE builds kitchen confidence with elemental recipes that stay true to Yotam’s culinary DNA. There’s Burrata with Grilled Grapes and Basil; Gem Lettuce with Fridge-Raid Dressing; Brussels Sprouts with Burnt Butter and Black Garlic; Baked Mint Rice with Pomegranate and Olive Salsa; Soba Noodles with Lime, Cardamom, and Avocado; Slow-Cooked Chicken with a Crisp Corn Crust; and Mint and Pistachio Chocolate Fridge Cake, among many other dazzling ingredient combinations. Photos by Jonathan Lovekin compliment a playful book design that helps readers realize, it’s all delicious and doable.
Whether scrounging for brunch, prepping for a dinner party, or bursting through a weeknight meal-sprint, Ottolenghi SIMPLE delivers minimal hassle for maximum joy, offering pliant solutions for the frazzled or defiantly lazy among us. Yotam brilliantly captures what is simple, relaxing, and therefore fun about cooking.
YOTAM OTTOLENGHI is the author of the New York Times best-selling cookbooks Plenty, Ottolenghi, Plenty More, NOPI, Sweet, and Jerusalem, which was awarded Cookbook of the Year by the International Association of Culinary Professionals and Best International Cookbook by the James Beard Foundation. He lives in London, where he co-owns an eponymous group of restaurants and the fine dining restaurants NOPI and ROVI.
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Thirst: A Story of Redemption, Compassion, and a Mission to Bring Clean Water to the World
Scott Harrison’s riveting story begins like a satire from The Onion: “Former bad-boy nightclub promoter, thousands of dollars in debt, starts charity from friend’s drug den.” Now, with THIRST: A Story of Redemption, Compassion, and a Mission to Bring Clean Water to the World (Currency, October 2, 2018), Harrison shares his remarkable journey and reveals how his fledgling operation grew into a world-renowned organization that has disrupted the traditional philanthropy model and inspired a new breed of social entrepreneur.
At 28, Harrison was a superstar promoter at high-end New York City nightclubs, partying with models, celebrities, and fashionistas who thought nothing of spending $1,000 on a single bottle of champagne. But after a decade of submitting to his darkest vices—smoking, drinking, drugs, gambling, porn, strip clubs, you name it—he was spiritually, emotionally, and morally bankrupt.
In an act of desperation, Harrison vowed to make a 180-degree turn and spend a year in service to others. At first, he was turned down by every charity he applied to. But then he got a surprise call from Mercy Ships, a floating hospital clinic, which sent him on a photojournalist assignment in West Africa. The experience changed his life, and ultimately, the lives of millions of others. During his two Mercy Ships tours, Harrison came to discover the global dirty-water crisis. At the time, over 1 billion people lacked access to clean water and were forced to drink from rivers, swamps, and mud puddles filled with parasites and bacteria. The result: half a million deaths a year from cholera, dysentery, typhoid, and other diseases; 4,500 children dying daily; and severely diminished quality of life for the women and girls who spend hours every day walking to collect filthy water.
In 2006, Harrison launched charity: water the best way he knew how—he threw a party in New York City. It was his 31st birthday, but instead of gifts, he asked friends to give a $20 donation at the door. With the help of celebrities like Mark Ruffalo and Joaquin Phoenix, they raised $15,000 in one night and funded charity: water’s first projects, six desperately needed wells at a refugee camp in Uganda.
In THIRST, Harrison recounts the twists and turns that built charity: water into one of the most admired nonprofits in the world. Knowing that one in three Americans say they have no confidence in charities, Harrison vowed to earn back the public’s trust by hewing to a 100% model—meaning every single dollar from the public goes toward building water projects in the field. The 100% model almost tanked his fledging charity. But with Harrison leading the charge, and through charity: water’s dedication to “action, not words,” its bold transparency in showing donors exactly where and how their money is spent, and its imaginative branding and storytelling, they have disrupted how social entrepreneurs work, inspired millions of people everywhere to give selflessly, and helped reestablish the public’s trust in charity.
Scott Harrison is the founder and CEO of charity: water, a nonprofit organization bringing clean and safe drinking water to people in developing countries. The largest water nonprofit in the United States, charity: water has funded more than 28,300 water projects for 8.2 million people in 26 countries. It has been name-checked by President Obama; garnered support from the founders of Facebook, Twitter, and Spotify; and Bill Gates has called charity: water an “innovative and transparent organization making a huge impact.” Harrison has been recognized on Fortune’s 40 Under 40 list, Forbes’s Impact 30 list, and Fast Company’s 100 Most Creative People in Business. In the last 12 years, charity: water originated a social fundraising website model and raised over $300 million from more than 1 million donors. With more than 2 million social media followers combined, charity: water channels 100% of all public donations toward water project costs.
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Bold & Brave: Ten Heroes Who Won Women the Right to Vote
Introducing New York Times bestselling author Senator Kirsten Gillibrand’s debut picture book, BOLD & BRAVE: Ten Heroes Who Won Women the Right to Vote (Alfred A. Knopf BFYR, November 13th, 2018), complete with captivating illustrations by renowned artist Maira Kalman.
Senator Gillibrand was inspired by her great-grandmother, grandmother, and mother to be bold and brave and forge a new path. But who inspired them?
Speaking to today’s young (“You are the suffragists of our time”), BOLD & BRAVE tells the stories of ten diverse leaders who strove to win the right to vote for American women—Susan B. Anthony, Lucy Burns, Jovita Idár, Inez Milholland, Alice Paul, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Mary Church Terrell, Sojourner Truth, Harriet Tubman, and Ida B. Wells—a journey that took more than seventy years of passionate commitment. Their lives will ignite bold fresh dreams in readers’ minds.
Especially relevant today as young people, in particular women, are making their voices heard across the country on issues including immigration policies, gun safety and women’s rights, and a historic number of women are running for federal offices, BOLD & BRAVE is aspirational. As we approach the 100th anniversary of the Nineteenth Amendment, which granted women suffrage, it offers uplifting role models, reveals a diverse and rich history of women who changed the status quo, and motivates readers to “stand up, speak out, and fight for what you believe in.”
U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (DNY) is a passionate advocate for women’s rights—like her mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother before her. Born and raised in upstate New York, Senator Gillibrand’s home is in Brunswick, New York, with her husband, Jonathan Gillibrand, and their two sons, Theo and Henry. She is a New York Times bestselling author. This is her first book for children.
Maira Kalman is the author and illustrator of numerous books for children, including Looking at Lincoln and Thomas Jefferson: Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Everything. She is a frequent contributor to the New Yorker and illustrated Strunk and White’s classic, The Elements of Style. You can find out more at mairakalman.com.
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Know Your Value: Women, Money, and Getting What You’re Worth
In KNOW YOUR VALUE: Women, Money, and Getting What You’re Worth (Hachette Books; September 25, 2018), New York Times bestselling author Mika Brzezinski helps women find their voices, effectively communicate their value, and get more respect for their contributions in a revised and expanded edition of Knowing Your Value—her bestselling self-help title about women and negotiating.
The 2018 edition features conversations with and advice from Sheryl Sandberg, Senator Elizabeth Warren, and others, updated statistics, fresh interviews, and powerful new material about knowing and getting your full value in every relationship: at work, at home, in life.
She discusses dramatic changes in her personal life that have given her insight on her own worth, gender bias in the age of Trump and the behind-the-scenes story of Mika’s reaction to Trump’s infamous “facelift” tweet, how years of knowing her value prepared her to act when the Harvey Weinstein story broke, how #TimesUp and #MeToo have changed office politics and the way we talk about appropriate professional behavior, and the Know Your Value movement launched by her first edition.
Why are women so often overlooked and underpaid? Prompted by her own experience as co-host of Morning Joe, Mika talks to a wide range of women on their experiences moving up in their fields. She shares the surprising stories of power players such as presidential adviser Valerie Jarrett, comedian Susie Essman, media mogul and author Tina Brown, television personality Joy Behar, and many more. She also gets honest answers from the likes of Joe Scarborough, Donny Deutsch, Jack Welch, and other thought leaders about why women are paid less, and what pitfalls women face—and play into.
Mika updates the book throughout with current statistics about women’s compensation rates and leadership roles; she adds new interviews with high-profile women (former Obama advisor Melody Barnes, New York Times editor on gender issues Susan Chira, BBC presenter Katty Kay, Blue Cross exec Jeanie Heffernan, Harvard’s Victoria Budson, Executive Coach Liz Bentley); and adds chapters about dealing with sexual harassment. Know Your Value blends personal stories with the latest cutting-edge research on why many women don’t negotiate their compensation, why negotiating aggressively usually backfires, the real reasons why the gender wage gap persists, and what can be done about it. Written in Mika’s brutally honest, funny, and self-deprecating style, KNOW YOUR VALUE is a vital book for professional women of all ages.
Mika Brzezinski is the co-host of Morning Joe, founder of Know Your Value, and the author of New York Times bestsellers All Things at Once, Knowing Your Value, and Obsessed. She also serves as a visiting fellow at the Harvard Institute of Politics. She is the mother of two daughters.
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OMD: The Simple, Plant-Based Program to Save Your Health, Save Your Waistline, and Save the Planet
“In addition to the well-known nutritional benefits of a plant-based diet, it has now become quite clear that these diets are better for the environment. Suzy Amis Cameron provides clear evidence in support of both of these claims. As well, she provides her readers with all manner of tips and tricks to create delicious recipes that will not only be of benefit for their own health, but also that of the natural world. OMD is a book that nourishes our minds as well as providing ways to nourish our bodies.”
—Jane Goodall, PhD, DBE, Founder of the Jane Goodall Institute & UN Messenger of Peace
Research clearly shows that a plant-based diet is the healthiest diet on earth. What many people don’t realize is that nothing else we do comes close to the environmental impact of what we eat. If one family enjoys a veggie burger instead of a conventional meat burger for just one meal a day for one year, they will save the gas it takes to drive 18,980 miles (the equivalent of driving from NY to LA seven times), 2,920 pounds of greenhouse gases (the weight of a Mini Cooper), and 675,250 gallons of water (enough to fill an Olympic-sized pool).
Now, in OMD: Change the World by Changing One Meal a Day – The Simple Plant-Based Program to Save Your Health, Save Your Waistline, and Save the Planet (Atria Books; October 16, 2018), Suzy Amis Cameron – actress, environmentalist, and mom of five – explains how we can boost energy, feel better, live healthier, and heal the earth, starting with just one meal a day.
This one simple step will help readers lose weight and stay naturally thin, reverse chronic health concerns, improve overall wellbeing, enjoy newfound energy, and slash their personal water and carbon footprint in half. Featuring fifty delicious recipes and complete with inspiring success stories, shopping lists, meal plans, and pantry tips, OMD is an all-in-one resource for anyone who wants to take care of their body and our beautiful planet at the same time.
In OMD, Suzy shares her field-tested plan, outlining the latest science and research on why a plant-based diet is better for one’s health and the environment. With a foreword by Dr. Dean Ornish, OMD includes:
- Great Tastes – Recipes for breakfast, kid-friendly meals, comfort food classics, potluck favorites, and knock-your-socks-off desserts, including Lemon-Blueberry-Coconut Scones, BBQ “Chicken” Sliders with Classic Cole Slaw, Mom Cameron’s Chili Sauce, Jicama Salad, and more
- The Protein Myth – We can get all we need (including protein and calcium) from a diet entirely free of animal products (we now eat nearly twice the amount of protein we need each day)
- Ditch the Dairy – Bottom line, you don’t need dairy for strong bones; Suzy breaks out the best vegan milk options
- Mother Nature is a Rock Star – Nature has made healthy foods irresistible, and Suzy combines them in delicious recipes that save your health, air quality, and land and water resources
- Green Eater Meter – See the environmental savings for common foods and every recipe; for example, Mom Amis’ Creamed Corn tastes great and saves over 2 miles of driving, almost a full square meter of land, and over 181 gallons of water
Suzy Amis Cameron is a noted environmental advocate, former actor and model, and mother of five. In addition to founding MUSE School with her sister Rebecca Amis, she has founded a number of environmental organizations, including Cameron Family Farms (together with her husband, director James Cameron), Plant Power Task Force, Food Forest Organics, and Red Carpet Green Dress.
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One Heart At A Time
“Delilah’s life story and advice are compelling. Her heart shines through in challenging trials and hard-won triumphs. No wonder she has so much love in her life.” —Robin Roberts
“Delilah speaks from the heart, writes from the heart, and touches the heart. This is a book everyone needs to read.”— Debbie Macomber, #1 New York Times Bestselling Author
“Delilah’s stories hum with the joy of serving others. Fans of her homespun style will enjoy her stories of care, concern, and love.” — Publishers Weekly
The most listened-to woman on American radio, Delilah has a voice that 9 million listeners know and love. On air for 25 years, her shows are heartfelt, often hilarious, and warm. Listeners feel they know her; she is their co-pilot through challenges and triumphs five hours per night, six nights a week. Now, she has written ONE HEART AT A TIME, an inspiring, uplifting, and motivating look at life, love, and faith to be published by RosettaBooks on October 16, 2018.
Called one of the “Most Influential Women in Radio” by Radio Ink, Delilah boldly and lovingly walks the talk—she has opened her heart to the country and her home to 10 adopted children, making her a mom to 13 children. She is a syndicated radio host and the founder of an NGO called Point Hope, created in 2004 to be a voice for forgotten children and their families, helping them in the U.S., West Africa, and elsewhere.
Delilah speaks to us all. In today’s turbulent and uneasy world, there is more divisiveness, pain, and loneliness than ever before. Using stories from her extraordinary off-air life—full of trials, forgiveness, faith, and adventure (along with select well-executed pranks)—she encourages us to change this spiral by taking one person at a time into our understanding. She calls us to connect, one heart at a time, to lift others, and in the process, our communities and ourselves.
“In her easygoing style and characteristic, beloved voice, Delilah shares the real woman behind the microphone,” says Rosetta Books CEO Arthur Klebanoff. “She tells her deeply moving story as the series of miracles and prayers it is.”
Inducted into the National Radio Hall of Fame and the NAB Broadcasting Hall of Fame, Delilah is the author of three previous books: Love Someone Today, Love Matters, and Arms Full of Love.
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The Picture of Dorian Gray: Oscar Wilde’s Original Manuscript
Oscar Wilde’s singular masterpiece, The Picture of Dorian Gray, rendered a decadent and devastating tale of the marks one’s deeds leave on his soul, and has shocked and enchanted readers for 120 years. Heavily censored before its publication in magazine form, and in turn censored again before publication as a book, versions of the novel have since been published as untouched by editors’ pens, but never before has the earliest known manuscript, in Oscar Wilde’s own autograph, filled with the struck-out paragraphs he wrote but dared not print, been made available to the public.
Now from SP Books, comes The Picture of Dorian Gray (September 2018), a limited edition reproduction of Oscar Wilde’s original manuscript in his own handwriting. Complete with a foreword by Merlin Holland (the Oscar Wilde scholar and the writer’s grandson), an iron gilded cover, and 14 x 10 slipcase of the finest materials, The Picture of Dorian Gray is a treasure for readers and aspiring writers alike, as it presents a never-before-seen look at Oscar Wilde as freed from society’s eye: the masterpiece in its unaltered original state.
SP Books is an independent and acclaimed publishing house specializing in the publication of limited facsimile editions of manuscripts from some of history’s most renowned authors such as Jules Verne, Lewis Carroll, Jean Cocteau, and Charles Baudelaire. In 2016, SP Books launched in the UK with the “fair copy” of Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre held in the British Library, while last year saw the release of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby. In 2018, they released Mary Shelley’s manuscript of Frankenstein and W.A. Mozart’s last musical diary, entitled Verzeichnüss aller meiner Werke, or Catalogue of My Works. SP Books has brought several of its limited editions to the U.S., beginning with Jane Eyre and The Great Gatsby in 2017, and will follow this year with The Picture of Dorian Gray, Simone de Beauvoir’s The Second Sex, Frankenstein, and Charles Dickens’ Oliver Twist.
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Le Deuxième Sexe: Simone de Beauvoir’s Manuscript for The Second Sex
The publication of feminist masterwork The Second Sex was a scandal as much as a worldwide success. Simone de Beauvoir’s response to Jean-Paul Sartre when he remarked that she had become a feminist while writing the book, was that she became a feminist once the book existed for other women.
Decades later, after being banned by the Vatican, igniting the beginning of Second-Wave Feminism across the US and Europe, and inspiring further legendary works like Betty Freidan’s The Feminine Mystique, the 1949 manuscript was thought lost.
Now, reproduced for the very first time, from SP books comes the final manuscript of the ground-breaking masterpiece, in Simone de Beauvoir’s own hand. The manuscript comprises drafts, fragments, and corrected typescripts that were gathered and are now preserved at the BNF (French National Library). Together they constitute the first volume of The Second Sex, published in 1949 – Facts and Myths. In her foreword, Simone de Beauvoir’s adoptive daughter Sylvie Le Bon de Beauvoir remarks, “How moving, this opportunity for direct contact with the manuscript! It feels like a living skin, with its shivers, its confessions, its withdrawals; its cross-outs, deletions, repentances, overwriting, and even sometimes daydream scribbles…” The hand-assembled large-format edition is printed on thick, luxury paper fabricated on demand in Italy, covered in a textured paper that resembles fabric, and presented in a deluxe, gilded slipcase. Paired with an afterword by award-winning French novelist Leïla Slimani, Le Deuxième Sexe: The Original Manuscript (June 2018), is a gorgeously presented keepsake, and an unprecedented glimpse into the making of a masterwork and the founding of one of the most powerful feminist movements in history. Simone de Beauvoir’s original Le Deuxième Sexe is not to be missed.
SP Books is an independent and acclaimed publishing house specializing in the publication of limited facsimile editions of manuscripts from some of history’s most renowned authors such as Jules Verne, Lewis Carroll, Jean Cocteau, and Charles Baudelaire. In 2016, SP Books launched in the UK with the “fair copy” of Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre held in the British Library, while last year saw the release of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby. In 2018, they released Mary Shelley’s manuscript of Frankenstein and W.A. Mozart’s last musical diary, entitled Verzeichnüss aller meiner Werke, or Catalogue of My Works. SP Books has brought several of its limited editions to the U.S., beginning with Jane Eyre and The Great Gatsby in 2017, and will follow this year with The Picture of Dorian Gray, Frankenstein, and Charles Dickens’ Oliver Twist.
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The Mojito Diet: A Doctor Designed 14-Day Weight Loss Plan With A Miami Twist
In the vein of bestselling books The South Beach Diet and The 17 Day Diet, renowned internist and preventative cardiologist Dr. Juan Rivera offers the perfect way to lose the weight and keep the fun in this science-based diet that promises lasting weight loss without the roadblocks that make you quit halfway.
“Sure, I’ll have a mojito, please,” said pretty much no one ever while dieting. But Dr. Juan Rivera, a board-certified internist and preventative cardiologist, is about to change that. Trained at John Hopkins University Hospital, Dr. Rivera has dedicated his Miami-based cardiology practice to helping his patients lose weight and improve their heart health. But he found that his patients weren’t interested in giving up their favorite indulgences like bread, rice, and tortillas—not to mention their mojitos. This was Miami, after all! So he developed a foolproof plan that has helped countless patients lose weight and keep it off, without deprivation.
And now, with THE MOJITO DIET (Atria Books; December 18, 2018), Dr. Rivera shares the 14-day plan that will help you shed pounds, move more freely, and toast your way to permanently improving your health. THE MOJITO DIET embraces Dr. Rivera’s philosophy of life—that celebration and joy should be a part of our lives every single day, and that making healthy choices can be a pleasure, not a punishment. Being healthy doesn’t have to mean giving up everything you enjoy, or sitting home while everyone else has fun. He says, “The best way I can think of to live your life to the fullest is by taking care of your health—and if you’re overweight or obese, losing weight is the best place to start celebrating your own life.”
A WEIGHT LOSS PLAN WITH A MIAMI TWIST—
Dr. Rivera’s 14-day weight loss plan guides you through two simple, straightforward steps, to help you lose weight and improve your heart health, while indulging in a refreshing mojito twice a week as a reward. After reaching your goal weight, Dr. Rivera eases you into his Mojito Maintenance Plan, designed to help you easily integrate healthy eating habits into your daily routine to keep the weight off forever.
- 14-days to lose the weight: Readers alternate Grain Drop weeks of high-protein/low-carb eating with Clean 16 Fast weeks that welcome carbs and introduce intermittent fasting days.
- Delicious Latin flavor: Features a meal plan and 75 delicious recipes, including breakfasts, salads, soups, mains—and mojitos! Dr. Juan has also included nutrition charts with recommended portion sizes and daily servings, as well as Weekly Meal Plan samples to help you customize each week to your liking.
- Comprehensive and engaging: Loaded with helpful and motivating tips, including “Dr. Juan’s Wisdom,” quick tips, advice, and suggestions about motivation, making smart choices when eating out, dealing with setbacks, finding time to exercise, and more.
- Motivating success stories: Features short personal accounts by people who have lost weight, reduced their disease risk, and improved their health following Dr. Rivera’s revolutionary diet.
Juan Rivera, MD, MHS, is a board-certified internist and cardiologist who trained at Johns Hopkins University Hospital. He specializes in the prevention, early detection, and treatment of cardiovascular diseases. He is the chief medical correspondent for Univision Network and the host of the “Dr. Juan” show, a weekly one-hour health program on Univision. To learn more about Dr. Rivera and his work visit: www.drjuan.net and @drjuanjr.
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Drug Warrior: Inside the Hunt for El Chapo and the Rise of America’s Opioid Crisis
In the predawn hours of January 8, 2016, Mexican Marines raided a home in the coastal town of Los Mochis, located in northwestern Mexico. There ended the manhunt for Joaquín Guzman Loera, better known as the infamous El Chapo.
In DRUG WARRIOR: Inside the Hunt for El Chapo and the Rise of America’s Opioid Crisis (Hachette Books; February 19, 2019), Special Agent in Charge, Jack Riley, the man tasked with hunting down El Chapo for the DEA, takes readers deep inside the operations to capture the most dangerous drug lord in history. A powerful first-person narrative, Drug Warrior chronicles Riley’s nearly 30-year hunt for the most notorious drug kingpin in the world. It is also a revelatory tale that illuminates the larger issues of illegal drug trafficking in America, how the state of US/Mexican relations is affecting drug control efforts, and how America’s strategy to combat international drug trafficking ultimately helped fuel the opioid epidemic.
Drug Warrior gives readers an exciting, behind-the-scenes look at Riley’s groundbreaking work in the Drug Enforcement Administration, and the Mexican drug lords who control the flow of marijuana, cocaine, methamphetamine, fentanyl, and heroin into the United States.Retired DEA Special Agent Jack Riley was instrumental in leading the fight against cartel gangs, and saw first-hand the devastating impact drugs had in neighborhoods across the United States and beyond. Even as El Chapo, the man who put a bounty on Riley’s head, awaits trial in a federal maximum security prison, the residual impact of his influence rages on in the opioid epidemic that is ravaging the U.S. Drug Warrior serves as a warning that Americans cannot become complacent just because El Chapo is behind bars. The problem is much larger than El Chapo himself, and Jack’s story shines an important light on the elements that keep opioid trafficking, abuse, and fatalities in the news day after day. The DEA and other federal, state, and local agencies must keep working together to stop drug trafficking. The country’s future, he says, depends on it.
“Drug Warrior isn’t about one agent or one drug lord,” says Riley, “It’s written to honor the countless men and women of law enforcement who have dedicated, and in way too many instances, have given their lives fighting America’s ongoing war on drugs.” Riley’s close personal history with the world’s most wanted drug lord is so intimate it reads like fiction. Jack Riley is the veritable expert on both El Chapo and the opioid crisis in America—no one else knows more about how America can fight the rising tide of killer drugs in this country.
Jack Riley served as Special Agent in Charge (SAC) of the DEA’s El Paso Field Division and Division, combating Mexican drug trafficking organizations and drug-related gang violence plaguing Chicago. Jack served as the DEA’s Chief of Operations beginning in September 2014, commanding the organizations global drug enforcement efforts in 227 domestic and 86 foreign offices. He was appointed the DEA’s Acting Deputy Administrator (COO) in April 2015, overseeing all intelligence and regulatory activities worldwide. He retired as the highest ranking Special Agent at the DEA. was then selected by the Deputy Attorney General to serve as the first Director of the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force. From 2010-2014 he served as SAC of the Chicago Field
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The New York Trilogy: Paul Auster’s Original Manuscript
Specializing in the reproduction of major manuscripts, SP Books are happy to present three drafts from Paul Auster’s New York Trilogy (October 2018) . In 2014 the publisher went to the New York Public Library to explore the papers of one of our greatest contemporary writers, Paul Auster. This colossal archive bears witness to the evolution of a novel, the generation of a publication through all its intermediary stages, from beginning to end.
After summarily sketching out the plot, Auster writes his first versions in notebooks which represent weeks, months, or years of his life. There are usually around ten handwritten and as many as three typewritten drafts of a single text, the latter containing numerous corrections in pen. The document he hands his publisher is the final version of a text that has gone through many incarnations.
A veritable time capsule, the book you are holding contains hand- and typewritten manuscripts of The New York Trilogy, carefully selected in cooperation with Paul Auster to shed light on this major work’s architecture. The first, a handwritten sketch of City of Glass, entitled New York Confidential, is followed by a nearly definitive typewritten version of Ghosts, initially called Black Outs, and a quite advanced manuscript of The Locked Room, whose first title was Ghosts. Like Mr. Auster’s enigmatic New York, these manuscripts are “an inexhaustible space, a labyrinth of endless steps.”
About SP Books
SP Books is an independent publishing house founded in Paris in 2012. SP Books are committed to the preservation of literary heritage, venturing into the vaults of some of the world’s greatest libraries, institutions and private collections to unearth hidden literary treasures. The American-English collection started with Jane Eyre, The Great Gatsby, The Picture of Dorian Gray, Frankenstein…
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Be Fearless: 5 Principles for a Life of Breakthroughs and Purpose
Philanthropist, investor, and technology pioneer Jean Case brings to life the five Be Fearless principles common to the people and organizations that change the world.
Make a big bet.
Be bold, take risks.
Make failure matter.
Reach beyond your bubble.
Let urgency conquer fear.
BE FEARLESS: 5 Principles for a Life of Breakthroughs and Purpose (Simon & Schuster; January 8, 2019) is a call to action to overcome fear, be bold and take risks for those seeking to live extraordinary lives and bring about transformational change. Weaving together real-world stories from dozens of ordinary people who ended up doing extraordinary things, as well Jean’s own transformational life experiences, this deeply personal and inspiring book provides a clear roadmap for individuals and organizations to ignite change at work, in life and in communities.
BE FEARLESS is built around five principles that Jean and the Case Foundation have identified as being at the center of transformational change and innovation, past and present. She vividly illustrates these principles with storytelling—from her own life-altering moments and John F. Kennedy’s history-making moonshot, to Jane Goodall’s remarkable breakthroughs in understanding and protecting chimpanzees and other endangered species, AirBnB’s tale of starting from scratch to reinvent the hospitality industry, Bryan Stevenson’s ambitious efforts to end incarceration inequities, celebrity chef José Andrés’ decision to be a “first responder” and take his kitchen to the sites of devastating hurricanes to feed the hungry—and much more. In recounting these narratives, Jean appeals to readers to ask themselves, “What can I do?” and she provides the tools to help them get started.
Case has spoken about the five Be Fearless principles at SXSW, the Aspen Ideas Festival, Fortune Most Powerful Women and numerous businesses, non-profits, universities and conferences. The Be Fearless Facebook Watch show has received more than 1 million views across 11 episodes and she has written columns for Forbes and Time. Her leadership as a philanthropist and investor have been praised and profiled in the Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, CNBC, Washington Post, Forbes Magazine, Fast Company, and Fortune Magazine with appearances on networks like CNN and CNBC.
ABOUT JEAN CASE
Jean Case, the first female Chairman of the National Geographic Society in its 130-year history and CEO of the Case Foundation, is a philanthropist, investor and internet and impact investing pioneer who advocates for the importance of embracing a more fearless approach to innovate and bring about transformational breakthroughs. Her career in the private sector spanned nearly two decades before cofounding the Case Foundation in 1997. Before the Case Foundation, she was a senior executive at America Online, Inc., where she directed the marketing and branding at AOL charged with bringing the Internet to the masses. In addition, Jean currently serves on the boards of Accelerate Brain Cancer Cure (ABC2), the White House Historical Association, and BrainScope Company, Inc., as well as on the advisory boards of the Brain Trust Accelerator Fund, Stanford Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society and Georgetown University’s Beeck Center for Social Impact and Innovation. She was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2016 and has received honorary degrees from Indiana University and George Mason University. BE FEARLESS: 5 Principles for a Life of Breakthroughs and Purpose is her first book.
ABOUT THE CASE FOUNDATION
The Case Foundation, created by digital pioneers Jean and Steve Case, invests in people and ideas that can change the world. Intently focused on leveraging innovative efforts to address significant social challenges, harnessing the best impulses of entrepreneurship, technology and collaboration to drive exponential impact, the Case Foundation uses a Be Fearless approach to catalyzing movements that drive transformational change. Today they are driving at two major movements—impact investing and inclusive entrepreneurship. And as movement catalyzers, they are taking a fearless approach to social innovation to tip individuals and organizations from good intention to meaningful action. Within both movements they see boundless potential to get all oars in the water to help solve the world’s most pressing social problems.
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HOLLYWOOD’S EVE: Eve Babitz and the Secret History of L.A.
Eve Babitz is a Hollywood icon, best known for her sharply written autobiographical novels and her string of very famous boyfriends. Now from Lili Anolik, the writer who first reignited interest in Babitz with a 2014 profile for Vanity Fair, comes HOLLYWOOD’S EVE: Eve Babitz and the Secret History of L.A. ( Scribner, January 2019).
In HOLLYWOOD’S EVE, Anolik examines Eve, her novels, and her uneasy legacy as a woman navigating Hollywood on her own distinct and unconventional terms. Babitz is a cipher, a riddle that Anolik tries to unravel: Eve Babitz, feminist icon? Eve Babitz, the groupie’s groupie? Eve Babitz, Hollywood casualty? Eve Babitz, the anti-Didion? But Eve, as Anolik beautifully demonstrates, defies easy explanation and justification.
Anolik shares incredible interviews with pivotal figures from Eve’s life and telling anecdotes from Eve’s friends, enemies, admirers, rivals, and family members. She talked to Paul Ruscha, brother of Ed and lover of Eve (Ed was also Eve’s lover, and Anolik talks to him, as well). She talked to Steve Martin, Julian Wasser, and Dan Wakefield—all Eve paramours. She talked to Mirandi, Eve’s devoted sister who followed Eve’s path until she no longer could. And Bret Easton Ellis, whose debut novel Eve loved (and endorsed!) And, of course, she talked – extensively, endlessly, semi-daily for six years – to Eve herself, now a recluse who talks to almost no one.
Part love letter, part cultural history, part missing-persons investigation; HOLLYWOOD’S EVE is tremendous fun and as breezy and juicy as its subject.
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Sleepover at the Museum by Karen LeFrak, illustrated by David Bucs
“This is a whale of a tale to hopefully inspire more museum trips for children and spark some inquisitive minds.”
—School Library Journal“An imaginative introduction to visiting museums.” —Booklist
Imagine spending your birthday at the museum! In SLEEPOVER AT THE MUSEUM (Crown Books for Young Readers / On sale January 15, 2019 / Ages 3–7), join Mason and his friends on their scavenger hunt through all the exhibits that make natural history museums so special.
Mason can’t wait to celebrate his birthday with a sleepover at the museum of natural history—his favorite place to visit. Who wouldn’t want to sleep surrounded by gemstones or under a massive blue whale? Armed with headlamps for the dark hallways, a map, and a list of clues, Mason and his two best friends take off on a scavenger hunt through each hall of the museum. But they aren’t just trying to solve the clues. They’re scouting for the best place to spend the night.
Sleeping next to a T. rex in the Hall of Dinosaurs feels too scary. And sleeping with the monarch butterflies would probably tickle. This decision isn’t as easy as Mason thought it would be. . . .
Wherever they end up, the museum at night is the best place for a birthday adventure!
KAREN LEFRAK is the author of Jake the Philharmonic Dog, Jake the Ballet Dog, and Best in Show. She is an avid dog lover and breeder of champion poodles, as well as a composer of music for ballets and instrumental works around the world. Karen and her husband divide their time between Manhattan, Southampton, and Miami, where they live with their two poodles. For more information, visit karenlefrak.com.
DAVID BUCS began his career at KlaskyCsupo, the studio famous for Rugrats and The Wild Thornberrys, and has art-directed television series for Nickelodeon, Cartoon Network, TLC, PBS, and Disney. David loves to create characters and bring them to life using watercolors, colored pencils, and digital media. Sleepover at the Museum is his first children’s book. He lives with his wife and young son in Hershey, Pennsylvania, where life is sweet. You can follow him on Facebook and Twitter, or visit him at davidbucs.com.
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The Boy Crisis: Why Our Boys Are Struggling and What We Can Do About It by Dr. Warren Farrell and Dr. John Gray
“Drs. Farrell and Gray frighten and enlighten us in their brilliant analysis,
insights, wisdom, and practical solutions to The Boy Crisis . . . essential reading
for every parent, teacher, and policy-maker.”
—PHILIP ZIMBARDO, PHD, former president of the American Psychological Association and author of Man Interrupted“The Boy Crisis is the most important book of the 21st century.”
—JED DIAMOND, PHD, author of The Irritable Male SyndromeWhat is the boy crisis?
It’s a crisis of education. For the first time in American history, our sons will have less education than their dads.
It’s a crisis of mental health. As boys become young men, their suicide rates go from equal to girls to six times that of young women.It’s a crisis of mental health. ADHD is on the rise. And as boys become young men, their suicide rates go from equal to girls to six times that of young women.
It’s a crisis of sexuality. Sex is a minefield for our sons. They’re bombarded with mixed messages, afraid of being either too sensitive or not sensitive enough.
It’s a crisis of fathering. Boys with less-involved fathers are more likely to drop out of school, drink, do drugs, become delinquent, and end up in prison.
It’s a crisis of purpose. Boys’ old senses of purposes, being a warrior, a leader, or a sole breadwinner, are fading. Many bright boys are experiencing a “purpose void,” feeling alienated, withdrawn and addicted to immediate gratification. Compounding this issue are addicting video games that lead to distraction and ADHD.
So, what is The Boy Crisis? A comprehensive blueprint for what parents, teachers and policy-makers can do to renew our sons’ sense of purpose to help them become men, fathers, and leaders worthy of our respect.
About the Authors
Dr. Warren Farrell is the author of award-winning international best-sellers Why Men Are The Way They Are plus The Myth of Male Power. He has been chosen by the Financial Times as one of the world’s top 100 thought leaders. Dr. Farrell is currently the Chair of the Commission to Create a White House Council on Boys and Men. Learn more: WarrenFarrell.com
Dr. John Gray is the author of Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus. USA Today listed Mars/Venus as number six among the most influential books of the last quarter century. His more recent books include Mars and Venus in the Bedroom, Why Mars and Venus Collide, and Work With Me (with Barbara Annis). Learn more: MarsVenus.com
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EARN IT!: Know Your Value and Grow Your Career, in Your 20s and Beyond by Mika Brzezinski and Daniela Pierre-Bravo
New York Times bestselling author Mika Brzezinski’s EARN IT! will do for women in their 20s and 30s what her 2012 bestselling book Knowing Your Value did for women of all ages—energize and equip them with the tools to find their voices, know their worth, and build success.
Headlining sold-out Know Your Value events across the country, Mika knows that today’s young women face a whole new set of demands and pressures that make it challenging to realize their professional ambitions, whether they are starting out or taking strategic steps to further their careers.
Now, in EARN IT!: Know Your Value and Grow Your Career, in Your 20s and Beyond (Hachette Books; May 7, 2019)—Mika and her co-author Daniela Pierre-Bravo, a 28-year-old DACA recipient/DREAMer who struggled to pay her way through college while working undocumented as a Mary Kay consultant and then went on to become a producer at MSNBC, have written a no-holds-barred, step-by-step career guide for women in their twenties and thirties.
Featuring dozens of interviews from social media experts, top executive recruiters, and female entrepreneurs, EARN IT! includes insights from Mika’s conversations with accomplished career women such as Tory Burch, Rebecca Minkoff, Sarah Jessica Parker, Joanna Coles, Anjali Sud, Jane Park, Carla Harris, and Dia Simms, and new research from Harvard. EARN IT! is a straight-talking handbook for the newest generation looking to innovate businesses and find meaning in their careers.
The workplace is ripe with opportunity for young women to succeed and get ahead, and Mika and Daniela also discuss the hurdles that they had to overcome starting out and, for Daniela, as a minority. They offer concrete advice on how to own your presence and your voice, exert confidence and self-assurance without being mistaken for “arrogant” or “entitled,” read your audience, and discover how to apply that information to your advantage. They include valuable strategies on how to interview well, negotiate a raise, determine your purpose, advocate for more responsibility, and move forward lucratively.
Mika’s newest title is the blueprint for knowing your value as a young woman. There are of-the-moment reports from young women who have created their own paths or become successful executives climbing the corporate ladder, and millennial women who started in traditional corporate jobs and then decided to be their own bosses.
Written in Mika’s honest, funny, and self-deprecating style, EARN IT! is a powerful book for young women, providing guidance about the best ways to cultivate their strong, confident, determined, ambitious selves to move ahead in the workplace and beyond.
The time to break the glass ceiling is now and Mika has created a guide to help young women smash it!
Mika Brzezinski is the co-host of Morning Joe, founder of Know Your Value, and the author of New York Times bestsellers All Things at Once, Knowing Your Value, and Obsessed. She also served as a visiting fellow at the Harvard Institute of Politics. She is the mother of two daughters.
Daniela Pierre-Bravo catapulted from her job at NBC Universal’s prestigious Page program to become a successful booking producer on MSNBC’s Morning Joe and a Know Your Value millennial contributor.
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The Wrong Side Of Night By Patti Davis
In her new novel, THE WRONG SIDE OF NIGHT, Patti Davis weaves in emotionally autobiographical elements that bring us on a journey to understand, through fictional characters, some of the dissonance and distance in her relationship with her mother, Nancy Reagan.
THE WRONG SIDE OF NIGHT tells the riveting tale of a young artist who is forced to reconcile the world that she thought she knew with a rapidly-shifting reality. Painter Tilly Austin is known for dusky street scenes and people partially hidden in the shadows. Her mother, Amber Austin, achieved enormous success with canvases filled with light and quaint images of happy families. When Amber dies, the past and its dark secrets take over Tilly’s life in unexpected ways.
Just before her mother’s burial, her brother—presumed lost with their father on 9/11, vanishing in the ash and rubble with no remains found—reappears and reveals why he has lived under another identity for eighteen years. As her past and present collide and throw the future into chaos, Tilly is forced to confront everything she has avoided for so long.
THE WRONG SIDE OF NIGHT centers on the broken threads of a family that never learned how to be a family. Examining the nuances of stepping into the future when so much of the past is a haunted landscape, it explores the costs and challenges of choosing who you want to be in this life, and accepting all the sorrows, joys and mysteries that led you here. Sharing elements from her life, Davis considers how the past weighs on the present and marks the future with uncertainty.
Patti Davis is an author, journalist and screenwriter. She has published non-fiction books, including The Long Goodbye, about losing her father, Ronald Reagan, to Alzheimer’s, and The Lives Our Mothers Leave Us, as well as multiple novels, including Till Human Voices Wake Us, The Blue Hour, and The Earth Breaks in Colors. She writes frequently for The Washington Post, where many of her recent op-eds concern breaking issues, as well as The New York Times, where she has been an active voice on current events and politics.
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You Can’t Fall Off The Floor By Harris Katleman and Nick Katleman
“The years go by, but I’ll never forget how influential Harris Katleman has been in my career. Not only does this book show his leadership in the television business, it shows how strongly he fought for groundbreaking shows that transformed the industry.”—David E. Kelley, Writer & Executive Producer of L.A. Law, Boston Legal, Big Little Lies, and Mr. Mercedes
“Harris Katleman presided over the development and progress of Hollywood’s big and small screens like few others. This memoir is a must-read that brings Hollywood’s Golden Age back to life with untold, firsthand accounts of the stars and star-makers that defined the twentieth century.”—Ron Meyer, Vice Chairman of NBCUniversal
“Harris had an amazing career and it’s fun to relive it through his eyes. You Can’t Fall Off the Floor is a colorful and insightful read… I hope you will enjoy it as much as I did.”—Sherry Lansing, Former Chairman and CEO, Paramount Pictures
Harris Katleman had a front row seat to the development of the television industry. In You Can’t Fall Off the Floor And Other Lessons from a Life in Hollywood, (Rosetta Books, June 2019) Harris Katleman shares his epic journey from office boy to talent agent to television producer, and finally to studio head at both MGM and 20th Century Fox.
Co-written with his grandson, Nick Katleman, Harris’ stories bring the reader into the room and offer intimate, behind the scenes experiences with the biggest stars of both the silver and small screens including; Jackie Gleason, Marlon Brando, Joan Crawford, Judy Garland, Dean Martin, Clark Gable, Jimmy Stewart and many, many more.
Along the way are unparalleled tales of industry giants including; Rupert Murdoch, Bob Iger, Barry Diller, Marvin Davis, Kirk Kerkorian, Mark Goodson, and Lew Wasserman. You Can’t Fall Off the Floor by Harris Katleman and Nick Katleman is a collection of vital life lessons for anyone aspiring to establish a career in Hollywood and beyond.
- Turn your opponents into marionettes.
- No one lies when they’re shouting.
- Don’t judge it; sell it.
- Don’t f*#k with gangsters.
- Those who don’t ask definitely won’t receive.
- Think about your tombstone inscription.
- Hollywood doesn’t have checks or balances.
- Never underestimate the back-end.
- People won’t stay angry if you have something to sell.
- Know when to throw out the manual.
- TV doesn’t need stars – it makes stars.
- Trouble is cause for action, not for panic.
- Even bosses fear their fathers.
- In the end, business beats pleasure.
Few in the entertainment industry can say they’ve reached the level of success that Harris Katleman achieved during his career. In addition to overseeing production on the final four years of M*A*S*H*, Katleman cultivated notable projects including the award-winning and highly acclaimed series, LA Law, The Simpsons, In Living Color and NYPD Blue. This is the story of a boy from Nebraska who started in the mail room and grew to run the studios— talk about a Hollywood ending.
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Kushner, Inc.: Greed. Ambition. Corruption. The Extraordinary Story of Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump By Vicky Ward
The first explosive book about Javanka and their infamous rise to power
Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump are the self-styled Prince and Princess of America. Their swift, gilded rise to extraordinary power in Donald Trump’s White House is unprecedented and dangerous. In Kushner, Inc., investigative journalist Vicky Ward digs beneath the myth the couple has created, depicting themselves as the voices of reason in an otherwise crazy presidency, and reveals that Jared and Ivanka are not just the President’s chief enablers: they, like him, appear disdainful of rules, of laws, and of ethics. They are entitled inheritors of the worst kind; their combination of ignorance, arrogance, and an insatiable lust for power has caused havoc all over the world, and may threaten the democracy of the United States.Ward follows their trajectory from New Jersey and New York City to the White House, where the couple’s many forays into policy-making and national security have mocked long-standing U.S. policy and protocol. They have pursued an agenda that could increase their wealth while their actions have mostly gone unchecked. In Kushner, Inc., Ward holds Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump accountable: she unveils the couple’s self-serving transactional motivations and how those have propelled them into the highest levels of the US government where no one, the President included, has been able to stop them.
Vicky Ward is a New York Times bestselling author, investigative reporter, and magazine columnist. She is the author of the bestselling books The Liar’s Ball: The Extraordinary Saga of How One Building Broke the World’s Toughest Tycoons and The Devil’s Casino: Friendship, Betrayal and the High Stakes Games Played Inside Lehman Brothers. She is an editor at large at HuffPost and HuffPost’s long-form magazine, Highline, as well as at Town & Country magazine. She was a contributing editor to Vanity Fair for eleven years, where she covered politics, finance, art, and culture.
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The Meanest Man in Congress: Jack Brooks and the Making of an American Century By Timothy J. McNulty and Brendan McNulty
“Jack Brooks proved … a master legislator, canny operator and giant of the House … his principled leadership and political courage, richly chronicled in this first biography on his life, leave an extraordinary legacy.” —Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
“From the Great Society to Watergate to the Iran-Contra scandal to the Clinton crime bill, Congressman Jack Brooks was a larger-than-life figure in our nation’s political history. The Meanest Man in Congress tells his remarkable story.” —Former Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe
At a time of deep and damaging division, when selfless service is in short supply and government comes to an historic standstill, polarized by partisanship, it’s uplifting to be inspired by an effective, tireless public servant who always—even when he knew his career was at stake—put country first.
A brilliant, tenacious, cigar-chomping negotiator, Jack Brooks was a lion of state and national politics, one of our most influential and powerful U.S. congressmen (for Texas’ Ninth Congressional District); respected, admired, and feared by both sides of the aisle, renown for consistently working in the nation’s—and his district’s—best interests. A Southerner and a Democrat, he let neither come before his deeply felt love of country. Indefatigable and zealous, he was “a workhorse, not a show horse,” as his son Jeb Brooks says.
Jack Brooks was “mean” only to those trying to cheat Americans. He:
- Convinced LBJ to be sworn in at Dallas Love Field to signal the seamless transition of power
- Served ten presidents, committed to bipartisan accomplishments for 42 years
- Was a child of the Depression and a WWII Marine who served on Iwo Jima, Guadalcanal, Okinawa, and on the Chinese Mainland preparing for the invasion of Japan
- Was one of few Deep South congressmen refusing to sign “The Southern Manifesto” that denied funding to any program that might benefit African Americans, despite the political peril
- Successfully challenged IBM and created the incentives that launched the U.S. digital age
- Rescued and reinvigorated NASA’s International Space Station program, saving it by one vote
- Was one of the rare Congress members to chair two major standing committees, the House Judiciary Committee and the House Government Operations Committee
- Deftly engineered major national reforms that saved the public billions of dollars
- Voted his conscience on Clinton’s crime bill, including its ban on assault weapons, even as a lifelong NRA member, knowing it would cost him his congressional seat
Standing on principle is knowing it’s going to cost you and doing it anyway. Jack Brooks had the political courage to put his beliefs first and his personal success second. This is what we need and what is sadly lacking from our leaders today—the political courage to put the nation first.
Now, THE MEANEST MAN IN CONGRESS: Jack Brooks and the Making of an American Century (NewSouth Books; April 2019) chronicles the life of this remarkable citizen and generous, diligent, and unflagging public servant. Meticulously researched, it covers the irascible lawmaker and details the epic sweep of U.S. history during the latter half of the 20th century, from the Great Depression, the John F. Kennedy assassination, and Civil Rights legislation to Watergate, Iran-Contra, and the debate over gun rights under Clinton.
THE MEANEST MAN IN CONGRESS by Brendan F. McNulty and Timothy J. McNulty is a fascinating and compelling history of a great American and the country he loved.
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Risk: Living on the Edge By Michael E. Tennebaum with Donna Beech
“Innovators see opportunity in doing things differently. But to be successful, they have to understand risk. Michael Tennenbaum’s Risk is chock full of examples of new ways to look at the world. It’s a helpful reminder that the key to living on the edge is about asking the right questions and forcing yourself out of your comfort zone.”
—Steve Case, chairman, The Case Foundation; co-founder, AOL, and author of The Third Wave, a #1 New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller
“This is for sure an exciting, interesting, and important book to read. It traces the unusually rich lifetime experiences of Michael Tennenbaum. This life of his that stands as such a towering positive example of what one good person can accomplish in this life. This special book presents an outstanding learning experience for all of us.”
—John H. McArthur, Dean Emeritus, Harvard Business School
Risk-taker Michael E. Tennenbaum has contributed mightily to American financial institutions, business, and society. A financier, adventurer, and philanthropist, in his debut book, RISK: Living on the Edge (RosettaBooks; August 2019), he delivers intriguing insider details on how “impossible” deals are completed, along with an inspiring guide to applying risk-taking successfully to your business and personal life.
Tennenbaum takes us behind the scenes at Bear Stearns, illuminating the end of that great American success story as never before disclosed. He imparts insights from investment banking, risk arbitrage, and options; how he employed risk to achieve competitive advantage after leaving Bear Stearns and starting his own firms; the inner machinations of his high-stakes deals; and the backstory to innovations he created.
A daredevil who feeds sharks and swims with humpback whales, who has lifted off from an aircraft carrier, descended in a nuclear submarine, trained with the Navy SEALs, and taken the Olympic bobsled run in Innsbruck, and driven an elephant in the Mekong River, Tennenbaum describes his theory of risk as the compelling force of some people’s lives, and the trait that drives visionary pioneers toward their unending accomplishments.
He shares strategies on applying boldness and challenging the status quo to seize opportunities, face struggles that pay off, manage mistakes, and give back to one’s community. Reading RISK, you get to walk in the shoes of an unpredictable, very successful self-made man who follows his own path. Applying personal tales of pushing limits and his experiences with Boys & Girls Clubs of America, the Smithsonian Institution, Harvard Business School, and the Joffrey Ballet, among other firms and cultural institutions, he demonstrates how to reach greater heights of performance, achievement, and contentment.
RISK is a fascinating look at financial industry management, non-profits and how to help them grow, civic projects and how to combat inertia, and one man’s craving to move the needle of social progress.
MICHAEL TENNENBAUM is the founder of Caribbean Capital & Consultancy Corp., a co-founder of Tennenbaum Capital Partners, LLC, and a former general partner of Bear Stearns, who introduced innovations in investment banking, risk arbitrage, and options during his Wall Street career. A recipient of the Department of Defense Distinguished Civilian Service Award, he is on the national board of the Smithsonian Institution, where he founded the Tennenbaum Marine Observatories Network, and serves on the Boys & Girls Clubs of America national board. He is founder of the Tennenbaum Interdisciplinary Center at the Neuropsychiatric Institute at UCLA, and the Tennenbaum Institute at the Georgia Institute of Technology.
DONNA BEECH is a New York Times bestselling co-author of dozens of books with leaders in the fields of science, law, medicine, psychology, exploration, sports, education, business and the arts.
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So Much More: A Poignant Memoir about Finding Love, Fighting Adversity, and Defining Life on My Own Terms By Zulema Arroyo Farley
The Last Lecture meets The Bright Hour in SO MUCH MORE (Atria Books; September 17, 2019), a poignant account of how the Latina Medium, Zulema Arroyo Farley, lives life to the fullest, refusing to let a rare form of cancer and chronic illnesses determine her destiny.
On Zulema’s fourth date with the man who is now her husband, they created a “Life List” of adventures they would share together; from skydiving, to luxurious trips around the world, and as wine collectors, traveling the wine regions to meet their favorite producers. Wildly successful and in love, Zulema was living a fairy tale.
But, two years into their marriage, the Life List took on a shocking urgency when she was diagnosed with sarcoma, an exceedingly rare and incurable form of cancer, along with a host of other complex and mysterious medical conditions. Challenged, but undaunted, Zulema relied on herself and those around her to summon the courage to face her illnesses head on, while never forgetting to embrace the spirit of the Life List with every passing day.
Despite excruciating physical and mental pain, setbacks, and personal struggles, Zulema is determined to not leave a second of life unexperienced. And in this new life chapter, she reveals a long-kept secret: She’s a psychic medium. After years of seeing, hearing, and sensing presences that others couldn’t see, she learns how to trust them through her hardest times and channels her gift to serve for the good of all concerned. Her spirit guides and life wisdom will help readers embrace her most important vision: There is always so much more to live, to love, to learn, and to create.
Zulema Arroyo Farley is an author, psychic medium, sarcoma survivor, and philanthropist. Zulema was an accomplished senior advertising and marketing executive, known for revitalizing numerous Fortune 500 brands. She is the founder, board chairman, and president of Artz Cure Sarcoma Foundation, a non-profit created with her husband to raise awareness and research funds to find targeted chemotherapy treatment options for sarcoma as none exist in the United States. In 2016, Zulema was named one of People en Español’s 25 Most Powerful Women. In 2018, she surprised the world by confessing a lifelong well-kept secret—she’s a psychic medium. Since then, Zulema serves as the conduit to reconnect people with loved ones that have crossed over. She currently resides in Manhattan with her husband and continues to fight an on-going battle against sarcoma and several chronic autoimmune diseases.
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Own the A.I. Revolution: Unlock Your Artificial Intelligence Strategy to Disrupt Your Competition By Neil Sahota and Michael Ashley
“This book is a godsend for those of us that struggle with the disruptive nature of A.I. It is a roadmap to embracing its impact to the betterment of our professions.” —Senator Joe Dunn (retired)
“Practical and thought-provoking … . A.I. will enable us to rethink how we analyze data and use the resulting insights to improve customer engagement and experience.”
—Lynn Hemans, Vice President of Customer Data & Business Intelligence, Taco Bell
“Still confused what A.I. really means and what impact it’s likely to have on your business? In accessible language, Neil Sahota demystifies A.I., bridging the gap between theory and application, from evolving forms of artificial intelligence to practical solutions.”
—Mike Kilander, Global Managing Director, Experian
“A.I. is already with us. Don’t be a passenger for the future; be a driver.” —Neil Sahota
Artificial intelligence (A.I.) is bettering the human condition. It can review a patient’s medical tests and instantly produce an accurate diagnosis; serve as “eyes” for the blind and vision-impaired; provide expert legal advice in seconds; act as an ever-energetic personal consiglieri, handling everything from booking theater tickets to cooking meals based on voice commands; help avoid biases in decision-making; accurately predict stock market activity based on the sociopolitical zeitgeist, and more.
You need to know how to navigate and leverage A.I. in practical terms, so you can “Uber” yourself or your company before you get Kodaked—in short, disrupt yourself (and reap the benefits) so you are not disrupted by a competitor.
In their new book OWN THE A.I. REVOLUTION: Unlock Your Artificial Intelligence Strategy to Disrupt Your Competition (McGraw-Hill; May 24, 2019), Neil Sahota and Michael Ashley demystify A.I., providing a future-forward look at the multitude of business opportunities it will offer, as well as the risks. It is a definitive primer on everything you need to be a leader in this revolution.
Sahota, IBM Master Inventor and former World Wide Business Development Leader (Watson Group), and the A.I. expert who helped create the A.I. ecosystem that famously won Jeopardy, has been an A.I. subject matter expert to the United Nations for the past four years and helped co-found their A.I. for Good initiative. This spring, he is speaking at the UN’s “A.I. for Good Global Summit” in Geneva, and China’s Future Sci-Tech City and Alibaba hosted him in A.I. Town in March to share some of OWN THE A.I. REVOLUTION’s important themes.
In addition to providing an in-depth tutorial on A.I., the authors focus on nuts-and-bolts business practicalities: how to find off-the-shelf A.I. solutions, assemble the best team, perform a cost/benefit analysis of implementing it into business strategies, train/test the A.I., and ensure you remain current and ahead of the curve.
Among the topics they discuss are:
- The A.I. Consiglieri – Imagine a right-hand assistant that is super smart and predictive, an outsourced artificial mind that can help create new ideas, predict market trends, and negotiate on your behalf.
- Business Intelligence – Want to know the price of oil futures in Q4? How about the success of an upcoming IPO? Turn to artificial intelligence for answers. Informed by data, it can predict what is likely to happen, no matter the industry.
- Want to Know Your Ideal Partner? Ask a Robot – Privy to our personal data, A.I.-based applications can make better predictions as to whom we should date and marry than even our family, closest friends, and yes, ourselves.
- Smart Marketing – I. marketing can predict who is going to buy, what they’re going to buy, when they’re going to buy, and how much they’re going to buy better than any person or focus group.
- Travel (Intelligent) Agent – Top resort and hospitality organizations have seized on A.I. to offer more customized, fulfilling customer experiences, beginning with understanding and predicting users’ behavior when it comes to travel, accommodation, entertainment, dining, and night life.
- Agro A.I. – Today’s farmers use A.I. to consider soil content, develop market prognostications, and offer long-range weather forecasts to determine what crops to plant and when. A.I. can also use more complex developments, like geopolitical trends, to offer a Butterfly Effect view of what’s coming next.
- 10th Man A.I. – An antidote to detrimental organization-wide group think, named for the policy that if ten people hypothetically agreed to a particular course of action, it is the sworn duty of the tenth person to disagree. Group think’s danger lies in conformity and its ability to muck up the facts. 10th Man A.I. is a potent procedure to counter group think and avoid biases in decision-making.
OWN THE A.I. REVOLUTION also features exclusive interviews with today’s cutting-edge experts and thought leaders in diverse industries including Peter Diamandis, founder and executive chairman of XPRISE; New York Times bestselling author and Pulitzer-Prize nominee Steven Kotler; David Hanson, founder and chairman of Hanson Robotics; founder and CEO of blockchain-based AI marketplace SingularityNET, Ben Goertzel; serial entrepreneur and futurist Stephen Ibaraki, chairman of REDDS Capital; Michael Gerber, called by Inc. Magazine the World’s #1 Small Business Guru, and one of the five all-time bestselling authors on business; renowned civil litigator Tom Girardi of Girardi Keese, regarded as one of the nation’s top trial lawyers; and others on the myriad ways the business world is transforming through A.I.
Compelling, thought provoking, and easy to follow, OWN THE A.I. REVOLUTION is a must-read for individuals who want to know how A.I. will shape our futures and jobs, and how to harness the potential of this transformative technology.
Neil Sahota is a sought-after business consultant, pioneer in business-applied A.I., and has been an A.I. subject matter expert for the United Nations for the past four years. He helped co-found the UN’s A.I. for Good initiative. A TED speaker and UC Irvine professor, as an IBM Master Inventor and former World Wide Business Development Leader (Watson Group), he helped create the AI system that famously won Jeopardy.
Michael Ashley is a former Disney screenwriting consultant and coauthor of several bestsellers. A guest contributor to Forbes on issues concerning A.I. and tech, Michael is a regular keynote speaker and radio talk show guest on cultural matters and thought leadership.
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Lifespan: The Revolutionary Science of Why We Age―and Why We Don’t Have To By David Sinclair PhD with Matthew D. LaPlante
A paradigm-shifting book from an acclaimed Harvard Medical School scientist and one of Time’s most influential people.
It’s a seemingly undeniable truth that aging is inevitable. But what if everything we’ve been taught to believe about aging is wrong? What if we could choose our lifespan?
In this groundbreaking book, Dr. David Sinclair, leading world authority on genetics and longevity, reveals a bold new theory for why we age. As he writes: “Aging is a disease, and that disease is treatable.”
This eye-opening and provocative work takes us to the frontlines of research that is pushing the boundaries on our perceived scientific limitations, revealing incredible breakthroughs—many from Dr. David Sinclair’s own lab at Harvard—that demonstrate how we can slow down, or even reverse, aging. The key is activating newly discovered vitality genes, the descendants of an ancient genetic survival circuit that is both the cause of aging and the key to reversing it. Recent experiments in genetic reprogramming suggest that in the near future we may not just be able to feel younger, but actually become younger.
Through a page-turning narrative, Dr. Sinclair invites you into the process of scientific discovery and reveals the emerging technologies and simple lifestyle changes—such as intermittent fasting, cold exposure, exercising with the right intensity, and eating less meat—that have been shown to help us live younger and healthier for longer. At once a roadmap for taking charge of our own health destiny and a bold new vision for the future of humankind, Lifespan will forever change the way we think about why we age and what we can do about it.
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BALLS: How to Keep Your Relationship Alive When You Live with a Sports-Obsessed Guy By Ernestine Sclafani Bayless with Skip Bayless
You knew it when you married him. Maybe you thought he’d grow, mature, or even evolve. He didn’t. The young sports fan you dated is now the old sports fan you married. YOU bought the cow. Sunday brunch? Forget about it! Apple picking on a crisp fall day? Never! Monday night movie night? Not with this guy! You’re a sports widow.
The good news is, you’re definitely not alone.
Ernestine Sclafani Bayless—wife of nationally acclaimed sports personality Skip Bayless— is the definitive expert on dealing with a sports-obsessed partner. When she met Skip in 2005, Ernestine could count on one hand the number of games she had watched on her own. Meanwhile, her husband-to-be spent upwards of twelve hours a day watching and discussing sports for his hit ESPN show, Cold Pizza. After fourteen years together, their marriage is a testament to compromising for the person you love and keeping a relationship together when your interests are dramatically different.
In BALLS: How to Keep Your Relationship Alive When You Live with a Sports-Obsessed Guy (Sourced Media Books, September 10, 2019), Ernestine shares her pro tips on keeping your love alive when it feels like you and your partner come from different worlds, and lets readers inside the whirlwind romance that seems meant to be.
As an Italian Jewish Long Islander with a passion for theatre, rock music, and art, Ernestine never could’ve imagined she’d fall in love with a man from Oklahoma City whose life revolves around a constant roster of NBA, NFL, and MLB games. Despite their vast differences and disagreements, they’re still happily married and credit their ability to learn about each other’s interests, especially when it comes to sports, as the secret to their relationship’s success.
Now for the first time, Ernestine and Skip are letting readers into their lives and sharing their tips and tools for keeping your relationship together when your interests are on opposite ends of the spectrum. Part love story, part how-to, BALLS provides an inside look at Skip and Ernestine’s marriage and the fail-safe tricks that have gotten them through many tumultuous sports seasons. Their advice covers everything from;
- How to prioritize your free time together;
- Avoiding sports jinxes and superstitions;
- Keeping a game day “swear jar”;
- Finding parts of the game to enjoy when you don’t like sports;
- What not to say when their team loses;
- And most importantly, the art of compromising.
BALLS features valuable tips and tricks which will help keep your relationship on track from Ernestine, Skip, and their celebrity friends, including; rapper Lil Wayne, actor Billy Bob Thorton, NFL Hall of Famer/ TV personality Shannon Sharpe, and comedian/ actor Michael Rapaport. A happy home and relationship are both possible, even when one of you occasionally swears at the TV!
For nearly three decades, Ernestine Sclafani Bayless has built a reputation in the world of public relations by using chutzpah and charm to help other people and brands share their stories. Now it’s her turn. BALLS is her literary debut. Her husband Skip is the most polarizing voice in sports television. Having starred on ESPN’s “First Take”, and now on FS1’s “Undisputed”, he has also written three books on The Dallas Cowboys.
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Leave Something On The Table: And Other Surprising Lessons for Success in Business and in Life By Frank Bennack
One of the most innovative minds in business provides an equally original guide to getting ahead.
Frank Bennack’s accomplishments in media and business are unrivaled.
He was named chief executive of Hearst in 1979, and for nearly 30 years he helped solidify the company’s reputation as a leader in consumer media, overseeing the purchase of more than two dozen television stations and several major newspapers (Houston Chronicle), the launch of top-selling magazines (O, The Oprah Magazine), and a partnership with ABC, now the Walt Disney Company, to create the pioneering cable networks A&E, HISTORY, and Lifetime. One of his greatest achievements was when, in 1990, he negotiated a 20 percent stake in ESPN for $167 million. The sports network would be valued by market analysts at roughly $30 billion. He also played a key role in Hearst’s march toward diversification, with acquisitions of business media assets including global ratings agency Fitch Group.
In Leave Something on the Table, Bennack takes readers behind the scenes of these high-stakes moves and offers practical tips for excelling in the corporate world and beyond. He tells stories from his Texas childhood—a first job at 8, his own television show at 17—that foretold why he would become a CEO at 46. And he shares his encounters with US presidents, reflects on his longtime commitment to philanthropy, and describes his and his colleagues’ unwavering quest to build the visionary Hearst Tower.
This is a heartfelt handbook for how to advance not only as a professional but as a person. As Bennack writes, “It’s not currently fashionable to make the case for the high road. It looks longer, and old-fashioned, and it’s easy to conclude that while you’re climbing the ladder, burdened by your values, others are reaching the top faster. But if the stories in these pages suggest a broader truth, it’s exactly the opposite: The high road is quicker, with a better view along the way, and more satisfaction at the summit.”
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The Hours : Virginia Woolf’s Manucript of Mrs Dalloway
A rare insight into Virginia Woolf’s mind
Reproduced for the first time, SP Books introduces the only full-length draft of Mrs Dalloway published in facsimile, illustrating Virginia Woolf’s work in progress, with all her corrections. “The Hours” reveals different initial versions of the final text, most notably, an opening line other than the now famous, “Mrs Dalloway said she would buy the flowers herself.”
Nearly a hundred years ago, between June 1923 and October 1924, Virginia Woolf wrote in three notebooks the only complete draft of what was to become Mrs Dalloway. In 1941, after Virginia Woolf’s death, her husband, Leonard, gave the manuscript of “The Hours” to Vita Sackville-West, her friend and lover, who kept it until her own demise in 1962. A year later, it was offered by her family to the British Museum Department of Manuscripts.
Each limited edition book is hand-numbered from 1 to 1000 and contains essays by Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Michael Cunningham and Virginia Woolf specialist Helen Wussow.
“Mrs Dalloway (briefly known as ‘The Hours’) would be Virginia Woolf’s first indisputably great book.” ーMichael Cunningham, Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist of The Hours
“Within the stitched notebooks of ‘The Hours’ are the narratives that are woven into the whole cloth of Mrs Dalloway” ーHelen Wussow, Virginia Woolf specialist
This volume offers the reader a fascinating insight into Woolf’s vivid creative mind through the fluctuating intensity of the purple ink which she favored for her manuscripts, as well as her marginal notes that indicate dates of writing, word-counts, and many corrections.
SP Books is an independent and acclaimed publishing house specializing in the publication of limited facsimile editions of manuscripts from some of history’s most renowned authors such as Jules Verne, Lewis Carroll, Jean Cocteau, and Charles Baudelaire. In 2016, SP Books launched in the UK with the “fair copy” of Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre held in the British Library, while last year saw the release of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby. In 2018, they released Mary Shelley’s manuscript of Frankenstein and W.A. Mozart’s last musical diary, entitled Verzeichnüss aller meiner Werke, or Catalogue of My Works. SP Books has brought several of its limited editions to the U.S., beginning with Jane Eyre and The Great Gatsby in 2017, and will follow this year with The Picture of Dorian Gray, Simone de Beauvoir’s The Second Sex, Frankenstein, and Charles Dickens’ Oliver Twist.
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Face to Face: The Art of Human Connection By Brian Grazer
Academy Award winning producer Brian Grazer is one of Hollywood’s most successful story tellers. For decades Grazer has brought countless tales of seemingly ordinary people doing the extraordinary to the masses. His film and television credits include A Beautiful Mind, Apollo 13, Arrested Development, Empire, 8 Mile, and The Da Vinci Code. His 2015 book A Curious Mind: The Secret to a Bigger Life was an instant New York Times bestseller. In his spare time Grazer has become known for conducting “curiosity conversations” with individuals he is inspired by. Brian Grazer is exploring the very nature of what makes people tick by interacting with their humanity.
In his latest book FACE TO FACE: The Art of Human Connection (on sale September 17, 2019), Brian reveals his simple secret to creative engagement and successful relationship-building— eye contact. By looking someone directly in the eyes, we can choose to show honesty, vulnerability, and to affirm that we are creatively engaged and listening to them. Forging deeper connections with those around us can often expose new insights or lead to new opportunities.
FACE TO FACE transports us into some of the pivotal interactions in Brian’s career and personal life where eye contact proved to be the key to unlocking power, emotion, and insight. FACE TO FACE takes readers through moments like a high-powered CEO conference with Bill Gates; a surprise date with supermodel Kate Moss; a tough conversation with Eminem when creating the movie 8 Mile; a tête–à-tête with George W. Bush; a lesson learned during a family trip to Myanmar; and other encounters with personalities like Taraji Henson, Airbnb Founder Brian Chesky, and Chance the Rapper.
In a world where screens, coding and artificial intelligence dominate the culture, emotional intelligence is what’s missing from our day-to-day lives. It’s time to appreciate that our humanity is not a weakness, it’s our greatest asset. Our ability to connect with others—face to face—is our ultimate gift and a resource to be cultivated. People are hungry for connection but have lost the key to unlocking it. FACE TO FACE provides the tools to help us rekindle this connection.
Whether you’re looking to develop a relationship, build your confidence, or win a negotiation—human connection starts with eye contact.
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A Dignified Ending: Taking Control Over How We Die By Lew Cohen, MD
“Dr. Lewis M. Cohen’s insightful and fascinating book candidly and high-mindedly tackles the timely issues surrounding planned death, a topic more and more likely to touch us all.”
— Ken Dychtwald, bestselling author of BodyMind and Age Wave
“Those personally struggling with these questions and those on all sides of this societal debate would do well to learn from this thoughtful, provocative exploration.”
—Timothy E. Quill, MD, MACP, FAAHPM
There are fates worse than death. Here are candid, stirring accounts of people who acted when faced with those circumstances.
Each year, more than one million people and their loved-ones arrive at a decision to cease attempts at curative medical treatments and shift to hospice care, while one in five Americans now live in geographical regions that have established lawful protocols allowing medical aid in dying. In this powerful new work, Lew Cohen, a psychiatrist and palliative medicine researcher, reveals a self-determination movement that empowers people to shape the timing and circumstances of their deaths, decriminalizes laws threatening those who help them, and passes assisted dying legislature.
A Dignified Ending offers candid, inspirational, and graphic stories of individuals who sought to choreograph how they would die. Nothing about these choices is simple, and Cohen insightfully examines the intricacies of timing, the effect of dementia and other dire but not terminal conditions, the legal risks, and the mixed reaction of the disability community. He illuminates the evolution of right-to-die organizations in the United States, and the impact of activists like Jack Kevorkian, Derek Humphrey, Faye Girsh, Cody Curtis, and Brittany Maynard.
In August, New Jersey will enact its Medical Aid in Dying bill. Maine’s Dignity in Dying bill was passed in June. Physician-assisted death is legal in California, Colorado, the District of Columbia, Hawaii, Oregon, Vermont, and Washington. In Montana, a ruling shields doctors from prosecution if they have the patient’s request in writing, but there is no regulatory framework for doctor-assisted dying. “Death with Dignity” legislation has been proposed in 24 more states. A 2018 Gallup poll found that 72 percent of people think a doctor should be able to help a terminally ill patient end their life.
Concluding one’s life with a planned death is an emotionally polarizing subject. Still, the public increasingly wants to control how they die. This requires that people formulate their end-of-life preferences and not wait until the last moment to communicate these with physicians and families. A Dignified Ending conveys truthful and nuanced accounts of men and women who chose to die, and stories of the activists—proponents and opponents— focused on this growing right-to-die movement.
Lew Cohen is a professor of psychiatry at the University of Massachusetts-Baystate School of Medicine, and an adjunct professor of psychiatry at the Tufts University School of Medicine. He is the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship for Medicine and Health, two Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Residency awards, and a Bogliasco Fellowship for the Arts and Humanity, as well as the Eleanor and Thomas Hackett Award from the Academy of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry. He is author or co-editor of several books, including No Good Deed.
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We Stand Divided: The Rift Between American Jews and Israel By Daniel Gordis
“With so many people worried about the growing distance between American Jews and Israel, We Stand Divided is extremely important and timely book. Offering a sweeping history of what has been a troubled relationship since the start of the Zionist movement, Daniel Gordis writes with knowledge and clarity about the different conceptions the world’s two main Jewish communities have developed about what it means to be a Jew. Realistic but optimistic, he suggests that if both reevaluate their expectations of the other, a shared future as a unified Jewish people remains possible—and essential for us both.”
— Nathan Sharansky, former political prisoner in the Soviet Union, former minister for Diaspora Affairs in Israel, and former head of the Jewish Agency of IsraelWE STAND DIVIDED: The Rift Between American Jews and Israel (Ecco; September 10, 2019) is the latest from Daniel Gordis, National Jewish Book Award Winner and author of Israel. WE STAND DIVIDED is a bold reevaluation of the tensions between American and Israeli Jews that reimagines the past, present, and future of Jewish life.
Relations between the American Jewish community and Israel are at an all-time nadir. Since Israel’s founding seventy years ago, particularly as memory of the Holocaust and of Israel’s early vulnerability has receded, the divide has grown only wider. Most explanations pin the blame on Israel’s handling of its conflict with the Palestinians, Israel’s attitude toward non-Orthodox Judaism, and Israel’s dismissive attitude toward American Jews in general. In short, the cause for the rupture is not what Israel is; it’s what Israel does.
These explanations tell only half the story. WE STAND DIVIDED examines the history of the troubled relationship, showing that from the outset, the founders of what are now the world’s two
largest Jewish communities were responding to different threats and opportunities, and had very different ideas of how to guarantee a Jewish future.
With an even hand, Daniel Gordis takes readers beyond the headlines and explains how Israel and America have fundamentally different ideas about issues ranging from democracy and history to religion and identity. As he writes in the introduction, his goal with WE STAND DIVIDED is “to put the big ideas about the relationship into the public sphere, so that we can all engage in a rethinking of why the relationship between the two communities is fraught, deepen the conversation that many in the Jewish world are having about the rift, and even begin to muse on some possible directions for healing the break” He argues that as a first step to healing the breach, the two communities must acknowledge and discuss their profound differences and moral commitments. Only then can they forge a path forward, together.
Dr. Daniel Gordis is Senior Vice President and the Koret Distinguished Fellow at Shalem College in Jerusalem. He writes a regular column—“A Dose of Nuance”—for the Jerusalem Post, and is also a regular columnist for Bloomberg View. The author of numerous books on Jewish thought and political currents in Israel, and a winner of the National Jewish Book Award, Dr. Gordis was the founding dean of the Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies at the University of Judaism, the first rabbinical college on the West Coast of the United States. Dr. Gordis joined Shalem in 2007 to help found Israel’s first liberal arts college, after spending nine years as vice president of the Mandel Foundation in Israel and director of its Leadership Institute.
More Praise for WE STAND DIVIDED
“Impassioned, brilliant, and riveting, We Stand Divided is the essential book for understanding American Jewish-Israel relations. Gordis has made an outstanding contribution to the field.”
—Michael Oren, Former Israeli Ambassador to the United States“Those anguished by the rift between Israelis and American Jews might be surprised to learn it was ever thus. With empathy and deep historical insight, Daniel Gordis traces the roots and development of this disconnect and imagines a future of deepened mutual appreciation aimed at sustaining one unified Jewish people.” —Daniel Shapiro, Former US Ambassador to Israel
“A fascinating and provocative description of the growing gap between American Jews and Israel. This book is a conversation starter, a conversation that is increasingly important. I recommend it highly.”
—Deborah Lipstadt, author of Antisemitism Here and Now
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Hunks & Heroes: Four Decades of Fashion at GQ By Jim Moore
In 1980, Jim Moore landed at GQ as an assistant and rose through the ranks to serve as the revered magazine’s Fashion Director, Creative Director, and now Creative Director-at-Large. Along the way, he brought men’s fashion out of the shadows. He both celebrated and demystified fashion for the GQ reader and men across America. He made the fantasy real, and the reality fantastic. He brought the world of fashion into the mainstream. He styled models, movie stars, world-famous musicians, and U.S. presidents, but he managed, no matter the wattage, to keep the reader foremost in mind, which is why the work stands up forty years later. Moore’s legendary career is celebrated in HUNKS & HEROES: FOUR DECADES OF FASHION AT GQ illustrating the pivotal role he played in in reshaping men’s style.
Edited by Moore himself, and with a foreword by Kanye West and an introduction by GQ’s former Editor-in-Chief Jim Nelson, the tome is an epic journey into the world of American men’s fashion and the magazine’s evolution from respected men’s publication to the ultimate modern-male style bible. From discovering new designers, championing visionary photographers, distilling the latest trends, extoling fashion advice and critiques in his popular online video series “GQ Rules” and “Style and How To,” to cover star Channing Tatum wearing a “JIM F&%#ING MOORE” t-shirt, Moore’s influence and impact on the “GQ look” is unequivocal.
Moore whisks readers on-set of some of the magazine’s iconic photoshoots, shares the creative process behind some of the most memorable covers, and imparts his own brand of fashion advice. This volume features over 250 archival images of Moore’s collaborations with the most talented photographers such as Inez and Vinoodh, Peggy Sirota, and Craig McDean, and includes seminal GQ photos Moore masterminded of such celebrities as Michael Jordan, LeBron James, Ryan Gosling, Leonardo Di Caprio, Kanye West, David Beckham, Drake, Matt Damon, Jon Hamm, Justin Bieber, Russell Westbrook, former President Barack Obama, Brad Pitt, among many others.
Jim Moore has taught generations of men how to dress and HUNKS & HEROES is a perfect tribute to Moore’s genius and his fashion, style, culture, and celebrity legacy.
Jim Moore is GQ magazine’s Creative Director-At-Large after forty years at the men’s publication, where he also served as its Fashion Director and Creative Director. Kanye West is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, record producer, entrepreneur, and fashion designer. Jim Nelson was GQ’s Editor-in-Chief from 2003 to 2018. He joined the magazine as a senior editor in 1997, working with writers including Andrew Corsello, Elizabeth Gilbert, Charles Bowden, and Michael Paterniti, and served as Executive Editor under former Editor-in-Chief Art Cooper.
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Kiki & Jax: The Life-Changing Magic of Friendship by Marie Kondo
A charming friendship story that is sure to spark joy, from international tidying superstar and New York Times bestselling author Marie Kondo
Kiki and Jax are best friends, and they couldn’t be more different. Kiki is a collector, who loves her nuts, pine cones, books, and toys. Jax is a sorter who enjoys finding places for his favorite games, costumes, and sports equipment. The one thing they always agree on is how much fun they have together. But when things start to get in the way, can they make space for what has always sparked joy—each other?
International tidying expert and #1 New York Times bestselling author Marie Kondo has written an endearing book for young readers, KIKI & JAX (Crown Books for Young Readers; November 5, 2019). Inspired by Marie Kondo’s KonMari Method, this delightful and heartwarming tale with its gentle humor teaches young ones how to create openings for joy in all parts of life.
A timeless story about friendship, sharing our strengths, and helping each other, KIKI & JAX will inspire children and families to tidy with kindness and make room for new experiences and joy together.
Marie Kondo is a tidying expert, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up, star of Netflix’s hit show Tidying Up with Marie Kondo, and founder of KonMari Media, Inc. Helping people around the world to transform their cluttered homes into spaces of serenity, inspiration, and joy, Marie has been featured in Time Magazine, the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the London Times, and Vogue, and on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, The Ellen Show, and more than fifty major Japanese television and radio programs. She has also been named one of Time Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People in the World.
Salina Yoon is a Geisel Honor–winning author/illustrator of a dozen picture books and early readers and nearly 200 innovative novelty books for young readers. Her Penguin and Bear and Floppy picture book series have been featured in Kohl’s Cares and have sold around the world.
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How Does The Show Go On?: An Introduction to the Theater By Thomas Schumacher
“An eye-popping treasury! A whiz-bang introduction to the inner workings of the theater!”
—The New York Times
Thomas Schumacher, world renowned Broadway producer and President of Disney Theatrical Productions, gives readers unprecedented access to the business of theatre in How Does the Show Go On. Using his successful array of Tony Award®-winning Disney musicals as examples including The Lion King, Aladdin, Beauty and the Beast, Mary Poppins and more, Tom takes readers from the front of house to backstage, from the box office to the stage door, and behind the curtain to showcase what it takes to bring a show to life. Now in its third edition, How Does the Show Go On includes never-before-seen photographs and personal stories from the making of Disney’s newest hit Broadway musical, Frozen, and has been updated with augmented reality experiences via the free DisneyScan app.There is no other book in the marketplace that provides such a comprehensive and robust overview of the fundamentals of theatre created with young readers in mind but appropriate for “show people” of all ages. Five minutes to places!
About the Author:
Since 1988, Thomas Schumacher has worked with The Walt Disney Company setting new standards of excellence in film, television and theatre. Currently, he serves as President & Producer of Disney Theatrical Productions, overseeing the development, creation and execution of Disney’s worldwide stage entertainment and leads the Buena Vista Theatrical banner, licensing 21st Century Fox titles for stage adaptations. Mr. Schumacher’s Broadway, domestic, and international stage hits include Beauty and the Beast, King David, The Lion King, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Aida, Mary Poppins, On the Record, TARZAN®, High School Musical,The Little Mermaid, Peter and the Starcatcher, Freaky Friday, Shakespeare in Love, Newsies, Aladdin, and Frozen. As President of Walt Disney Feature Animation, Mr. Schumacher oversaw some 21 animated features. He currently sits on numerous boards including serving as Chairman of the Broadway League.
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READY OR NOT: Preparing Our Kids to Thrive in an Uncertain and Rapidly Changing World By Madeline Levine, PhD
“Rock-solid advice for harried parents in a world that shows no signs of slowing down.”
— Kirkus
When her ground-breaking book The Price of Privilege came out in 2006, respected clinician Madeline Levine was the first to correctly identify the deficits created by parents giving kids of privilege too much of the wrong things and not enough of the right things. Continuing to address the mistaken notions about what children need to thrive in Teach Your Children Well, Levine tore down the myth that good grades, high test scores, and college acceptances should define the parenting endgame. The Price of Privilege has sold over 150,000 copies in all formats and both books were New York Times and The San Francisco Chronicle bestsellers.
In her highly anticipated follow-up READY OR NOT: Preparing Our Kids to Thrive in an Uncertain and Rapidly Changing World (Harper, February 2020), she continues the discussion, showing how these same parenting practices, combined with a desperate need to shelter children from discomfort and anxiety, are setting future generations up to fail spectacularly.
Increasingly, the world we know has become disturbing, unfamiliar, and even threatening. In the wake of uncertainty and rapid change, adults are doubling-down on the pressure-filled parenting style that pushes children to excel. Yet these daunting expectations, combined with the stress parents feel and unwittingly project onto their children, are leading to a generation of young people who are overwhelmed, exhausted, distressed—and unprepared for the future that awaits them. While these damaging effects are known, the world into which these children are coming of age is not. And continuing to focus primarily on grades and performance are leaving kids more ill-prepared than ever to navigate the challenges to come.
But there is hope. Using the latest developments in neuroscience and epigenetics (the intersection of genetics and environment), as well as extensive research gleaned from captains of industry, entrepreneurs, military leaders, scientists, academics, and futurists, Levine identifies the skills that children need to succeed in a tumultuous future: adaptability, mental agility, curiosity, collaboration, tolerance for failure, resilience, and optimism. Most important, Levine offers day-to-day solutions parents can use to raise kids who are prepared, enthusiastic, and ready to face an unknown future with confidence and optimism.
Dr. Madeline Levine, PhD, is a clinician, consultant, educator and speaker, and the author of the New York Times bestsellers, The Price of Privilege and Teach Your Children Well. She is a cofounder of Challenge Success, a project of the Stanford Graduate School of Education that provides families and schools with the practical, research-based tools they need to create a more balanced and academically fulfilling life for kids. She also is a consultant to BDT & Company and their clients, a merchant bank that advises and invests in founder and family-led companies. In addition to doing media to discuss her books, she has become a go-to person for producers and journalists around the world who report on education and parenting (like the recent college bribery scandal). She has appeared on The Today Show, Good Morning America, CBS This Morning, Fox & Friends, Nightline, 20/20, Dateline, MSNBC, and on numerous NPR radio shows including On Point and Forum. She has been interviewed by and written original pieces for the New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, The San Francisco Chronicle, and many other outlets. She lives in San Francisco with her husband and is the proud mother of three grown sons and a newly minted grandmother.
READY OR NOT is the answer for parents, educators, and therapists who are hungry for tangible steps to help children grow up and become successful as self-actualized adults in the new and tumultuous world that is emerging in the 21st century.
PRAISE FOR MADELINE LEVINE’S NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING BOOKS
“Levine’s latest book is, in fact, a cri de coeur from a clinician on the front lines of the battle between our better natures – parents’ deep and true love and concern for their kids – and our culture’s worst competitive and materialistic influences, all of which she sees played out, day after day, in her private psychology practice in affluent Marin County, Calif. . . . Levine has good, if familiar, lessons for parents about the virtues of teaching empathy; encouraging the development of an authentic self; and making time for dreaming, creating and unstructured outdoor play. But she really comes into her own – and will, if widely read, make an indelible mark on our parenting culture – when she moves beyond child development to concentrate instead on parent development, exploring why we do the misguided things we do, and asking how we must (as we must) change ourselves and behave differently.”
— Judith Warner, New York Times Book Review (Editor’s Choice)
“Here’s one potentially bright and shiny opportunity for optimism (at least if you take her advice) thanks to one busy and one hope’s wise clinical psychologist . . .. Her insights are fresh . . . look no further for your Beach Book, here it is!”
— Psychology Today
“Powerful text. . .. Parents who want their kids to succeed without compromising their health or losing the joy of learning will be buoyed by Levine’s support, encouragement, and guidance.”
— Publishers Weekly
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This is Not a Fashion Story: Taking Chances, Breaking Rules, and Being a Boss in the Big City by Danielle Bernstein with Emily Siegel
Danielle Bernstein, the creative genius behind the hit style platform @WeWoreWhat, will be sharing her story and secrets to success for the first time. This is Not A Fashion Story is a revealing tell-all from the Long Island girl-turned-international fashion influencer, designer, CEO, and tech entrepreneur.
Danielle spent her youth shopping at discount department stores, getting boozy in suburban backyards, and proposing marriage to every boy she dated. By age nineteen, she was a college dropout living in a West Village shoebox with three roommates and only six months to prove that her blog, @WeWoreWhat, could become a full blown career… or else board the train back to her mom’s house.
Flash forward ten years and Danielle is more than a famed influencer with over two million followers. She’s also a bonafide business woman—a CEO, tech founder, a Forbes “30 Under 30” at 24, and a fashion designer who is living a dream lifestyle that includes all-expenses-paid luxury travel to Paris and Positano, skipping the velvet rope, and controlling her own destiny. Despite these successes, Danielle has never been your typical play-by-the-rules fashionista. She disrupted the fashion industry using her own playbook—one that she’s finally ready to share.
This Is Not A Fashion Story is the down and dirty tale of how a Long Island-born teenager became one of the most recognizable names in fashion. It’s a story that proves success isn’t about a college degree or how rich your parents are. It’s about trusting your gut, knowing when to take risks and fighting to get what you want in life, love and business. But above all it’s the story of how a young girl made in New York City—and how you can too.
For the first time, Danielle answers all those crucial starting-out questions – from where to live (downtown, always), who to Date (neighbors, sometimes?), and who to bet on (yourself, ALWAYS). It’s a badass, tell-all, true story of one girl making her dreams happen in the big city. For everyone starting out or striving, This is Not a Fashion Story is the perfect accessory – a making-it-happen handbook for people who looking to write their own success story.
Danielle Bernstein is the founder and face behind the world-renowned fashion blog @WeWoreWhat. A native New Yorker, Bernstein started her career 10 years ago – leading the influencer industry into what it is today. She was placed on Forbes 30 Under 30 list before the age of 25 and has since started and invested in many new business ventures including her own line of swim and overalls.
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Life is Magic: My Inspiring Journey from Tragedy to Self-Discovery by Jon Dorenbos with Larry Platt
“Jon Dorenbos is a magical person. Life Is Magic shows how we can all choose happiness in the face of overwhelming odds, and it makes me so proud to call him a friend.”
—Ellen DeGeneres
“You may know Jon Dorenbos as a pro football player or a world class magician. But to get to know him and hear what he has overcome throughout his life is inspiring. His story of finding happiness throughout his life is both hilarious and moving. Get ready for a wild ride!”
—Garth Brooks“In everything he does, Jon Dorenbos is the ultimate pro. Someone you want on your side when the going gets tough. In Life Is Magic, Jon shows what I witnessed from him in an NFL locker room, year after year: That, more than anything else, character is what matters, in football and in life.”
—Andy Reid; NFL Head CoachAn extraordinary and empowering story of resilience, forgiveness, and living a life of purpose in the face of unfathomable obstacles.
You might recognize him as an NFL All-Pro or as an elite magician who made the finals of America’s Got Talent and regularly appears on The Ellen DeGeneres Show. But Jon Dorenbos says that what he does is not who he is. Who he is is someone forced, at the most tender of ages, to coach himself into turning tragedy to triumph.
One morning in August 1992, when Jon was twelve years old and living a seemingly idyllic childhood in suburban Seattle, he woke up for baseball camp. His dad waved good-bye. Later that day, Jon heard the news: his father had murdered his mother in the family’s three-car garage. In an instant, his life had shattered. He’d been essentially orphaned.
Thrust into foster care while his father stood trial for murder, Jon struggled. Left to himself, he discovered an unlikely escape performing magic tricks. If you found a way to alter your reality after your dad—your hero—killed your mom, wouldn’t you cling to it too? Then came football, which provided a release for all of Jon’s pent-up anger. Together, magic and football saved him, leading to fourteen NFL seasons on the gridiron and raucous sleight-of-hand performances to packed houses across the globe.
In 2017, after being traded to the New Orleans Saints, Jon was diagnosed with a life-threatening heart condition. He had a choice: break down, or—as he’d long by now taught himself—bounce back. “Talk to yourself, don’t listen to yourself,” Dorenbos advises for those moments when the inner voice of self-doubt screams.
In Life Is Magic, Dorenbos draws a road map for how to shut that voice up by choosing happiness. At his darkest times, he writes, he’s learned lessons of love, forgiveness, and perseverance. His story is poignant and powerful, told by a charismatic and optimistic man who has overcome life-or-death challenges with grace, persistence, a childlike sense of wonder . . . and jaw-dropping card tricks.
About the Author:
Jon Dorenbos is a former professional football player, a world-class magician, and a sought-after keynote and motivational speaker for Fortune 500 companies. A special team long-snapper, he played fourteen seasons in the NFL, appearing in the Pro Bowl twice. In his parallel career as a magician, he was a finalist on season eleven of America’s Got Talent and appears frequently on The Ellen Show. He and his wife Annalise reside in Huntington Beach, California.
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THE CARTIERS: The Untold Story of the Family Behind the Jewelry Empire By Francesca Cartier Brickell
“Francesca Cartier Brickell skilfully traces her family’s astounding history through the contents of a weathered suitcase found in her grandfather’s cellar. The result is a fascinating account of the Cartier brothers and the creation of this iconic and enduring luxury brand.” –André Leon Talley, bestselling author of A.L.T.: A Memoir
“Four generations of genius, glamour, and ambition are laid bare in Brickell’s behind-the-scenes account of the Cartier family. Part social history, part affectionate memoir, The Cartiers is a pleasurable stroll through the glittering byways of a more elegant age.” –Amanda Foreman, New York Times bestselling author of A World on Fire
In 2009, four generations of the Cartier family gathered in the south of France to celebrate patriarch Jean-Jacques Cartier’s ninetieth birthday. As the family enjoyed a casual holiday, Jean-Jacques announced that he’d been saving a vintage champagne for the occasion. His granddaughter, Francesca Cartier Brickell, offered to fetch it for him, and headed down into the cellar—where she made a discovery that transformed her understanding of her family.
Instead of champagne, what Francesca found was a battered trunk dotted with faded travel stickers from all over the world. Inside were hundreds and hundreds of letters, correspondence saved by generations of the Cartier family.
CARTIERS: The Untold Story of the Family Behind the Jewelry Empire (Ballantine Books hardcover; December), a captivating history full of never before revealed details about the family behind the global jewelry dynasty.There were missives about commissions for King Edward II, Grand Duchess Vladimir of Russia, Coco Chanel, the Duchess of Windsor, Elizabeth Taylor, Grace Kelly and Queen Elizabeth. There were birth announcements and telegrams after someone had died, love letters and homesick letters and airmail envelopes thick with pages detailing business pitfalls and successes, outlining strategies and offering advice. It was correspondence that the family had believed had been lost forever, and it launched Francesca on a decade-long quest to put together the missing pieces of her family’s history. She tracked down family archives in St. Louis and Tokyo; deciphered ancient gravestones; trekked through sapphire mines; met with pearl sheikhs from the Persian Gulf and jewelry dealers from Sri Lanka. The result is THE CARTIERS.
THE CARTIERS offers a behind-the-scenes look at the firm’s most iconic jewelry—the notoriously cursed Hope Diamond, the Romanov emeralds, the classic panther pieces—and the long line of stars from the worlds of fashion, film, and royalty who wore them. But it is also a compelling family story, a saga of three brothers who turned their grandfather’s humble Parisian jewelry store one of the world’s most famous luxury businesses. It’s the story of Louis Cartier, the visionary designer who created the first men’s wristwatch to help an aviator friend tell the time without taking his hands from the controls of his flying machine. Pierre Cartier, the master dealmaker who bought the New York headquarters on Fifth Avenue for a double-stranded natural pearl necklace. And Jacques Cartier, the globe-trotting gemstone expert whose travels to India gave Cartier access to the world’s best rubies, emeralds, and sapphires, inspiring the celebrated Tutti-Frutti jewelry.
As historian Diana Scarisbrick writes in the book’s foreword, “Many books have been written over the years on Cartier, but none have delved so deep into the true story of the family behind the firm…. although the exhibitions on Cartier over recent decades have shown so many beautiful objects, almost all the people most responsible for designing, making, and selling them have remained in the shadows. Now the veil has been lifted and the real story of the creation of Cartier has finally emerged.”
Encompassing the highs and lows of four generations, this extraordinary story traces the Cartier dynasty from the founding of the firm in the early 19th century through to its sale in the 1970’s. Featuring photos from the author’s archive, THE CARTIERS is an epic history shown through the deeply personal lens of one legendary family.
Francesca Cartier Brickell is a graduate in English literature from Oxford University, and a direct descendant of the Cartier family. She is a sought-after international lecturer on Cartier’s illustrious history, and has given talks for major auction houses, museums, and societies. THE CARTIERS is the result of years of the author’s independent research into her family and the business they founded. Francesca lives with her husband and children in London and the South of France.
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Peter Pan and Wendy: James M. Barrie’s Original Manuscript
Peter Pan as you’ve never read it before
Written just over a century ago, Peter Pan has become one of the most beloved and timeless tales of all time. Since he appeared, the boy who didn’t want to grow up has ceaselesslyspread his magical wings over generations of readers, so much so that his name, like Frankenstein’s, has become more famous than that of the writer who created him: James M. Barrie, a renowned Scottish-born playwright based in London.
In 1897, while walking his dog, a Saint Bernard who inspired the character of Nana, in Kensington Park, Barrie met the Davies children and their mother Sylvia. This decisive encounter inspired a play, Peter Pan or the Boy Who Wouldn’t Grow Up, which has enjoyed continued success since its first performance in 1904. Two years later, he wrote a short novel, Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens and, in 1911, a novel: Peter Pan and Wendy.
This book reproduces this novel’s previously unpublished 282-page manuscript. In a version restored by our team of specialised graphic designers, read the true story of Peter Pan. Barrie’s tight writing reveals several deletions and many textual variations: the boy with magical powers is even cheekier than in the published book.
In this book, 21 full-page illustrations from a rare edition published in 1930 feature the adventures of Peter Pan, Tinker Bell and the Darling children (Wendy, John and George). They are by the talented Gwynedd Hudson, whose childhood illustrations are particularly prized by bibliophiles.
SP Books is an independent publishing house founded in Paris in 2012. SP Books are committed to the preservation of literary heritage, venturing into the vaults of some of the world’s greatest libraries, institutions and private collections to unearth hidden literary treasures. The American-English collection started with Jane Eyre, The Great Gatsby, The Picture of Dorian Gray, and Frankenstein
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Discussion Materials: Tales of a Rookie Wall Street Investment Banker By Bill Keenan
An ex-investment banker’s unredacted account of what really is going on at Deutsche Bank
Wall Street— two words that conjure up equal parts resentment and confusion. Much of this reaction is perpetuated by the glut of memoirs by traders, slick Gordon Gekko-wannabes who take themselves more seriously than they take their jobs. These stories about hedonistic pursuits and the dizzying temptations of jobs that inevitably bring about a downfall are yesterday’s news. Bill Keenan’s Discussion Materials (Post Hill Press/ March 2020/ Hardcover/ ISBN: 978-1642934083/ $25.00) sheds new light on Wall Street, one without the glitz and hype that insiders want you to believe.
Instead of a tale of money-hungry caricatures who corrupt susceptible newbies or a contrived tale of redemption, Discussion Materials answers crucial and universal questions such as: how to survive your first job; how to reinvent yourself in your 20s; what the right reasons are to join an investment bank; and most importantly, how to place a $25.00 order on Seamless—the perfect order.
After graduating from Columbia Business School and having his first book, Odd Man Rush, turned into a feature film, ex-pro hockey player Bill Keenan joined Deutsche Bank’s corporate finance division as an associate. There, he discovered a world where despotic superiors (and the blinking red light of his BlackBerry) instilled low-level terror on an hourly basis. Discussion Materials provides an unflinchingly honest look at what happens on Wall Street from someone who has been in the trenches. Keenan recounts the details and responsibilities of his job—from ensuring his floating bar charts are the correct shade of orange, to couriering pitchbooks to JFK airport at 4:00 a.m.
Leaning heavily on his fellow bankers and countless outsourcing systems, Keenan slowly develops proficiency at his job, eventually gaining traction and respect over a two-year span before ultimately cementing his legacy with an infamous viral resignation letter that was published by Dealbreaker. Now the COO of Graydon Carter’s Air Mail, Keenan looks back on his time as a newly-minted MBA and provides a definitive answer to the question—what exactly is investment banking?
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Life in the Fasting Lane: The Essential Guide to Making Intermittent Fasting Simple, Sustainable, and Enjoyable By Dr. Jason Fung, Megan Ramos, and Eve Mayer
The essential guide to intermittent fasting
Over the last decade, intermittent fasting—restricting calorie intake for a proscribed number of hours for a set number of days—has become increasingly popular. The New England Journal of Medicine recently noted that therapeutic fasting can be an alternative to insulin for some diabetes patients, and the University of Michigan Journal of Obesity Medicine found that 72% of female physicians use intermittent fasting themselves for weight loss. Numerous other studies have found that intermittent fasting has wide-ranging health benefits, including lowering blood pressure; reducing risk factors for diabetes, cancer, and other diseases; encouraging weight loss without the loss of skin elasticity; promoting longevity; and increasing cognitive function.
However, many people aren’t sure how to incorporate fasting into their daily routine. What are best practices? How do you start? What do you do when you’re hungry? Does “simple fasting” really exist? Life in the Fasting Lane: How to Make Intermittent Fasting a Lifestyle—and Reap the Benefits of Weight Loss and Better Health (Harper Wave/ April 7th, 2020/ Hardcover/ ISBN: 9780062969446/ $28.99) by Dr. Jason Fung, Megan Ramos, and Eve Mayer answers these questions and offers practical advice for integrating food restriction into daily life.
Every person’s physiological and psychological response to food restriction is different, and Life in the Fasting Lane is the essential and comprehensive guide to helping you find the tools and strategies that will work best for your life, offering support, troubleshooting, and practical strategies. Together, Fung, Ramos, and Mayer answer every uncomfortable and embarrassing question you’ve ever had about fasting and couldn’t bring yourself to ask, and provide ten manageable steps in order to make food restriction as accessible as possible.
As more research is reported and interest continues to grow, people are looking for the singular authority on fasting. Life in the Fasting Lane takes the guesswork and fear out of fasting with real-life and expert advice about this number-one diet trend. Dr. Jason Fung is the author of three bestselling health books and is one of the world’s foremost experts on intermittent fasting. Combining Mayer and Ramos’ years of personal experience with Dr. Fung’s clinical experience and scientific rigor, Life in the Fasting Lane is a unique, accessible, and life-changing guide to developing a sustainable and beneficial fasting routine.
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Death is But a Dream: Finding Hope and Meaning at Life’s End By Christopher Kerr, MD, PhD
Many of us are so frightened by death that we are unaware of its true potential – that it can be the ultimate experience of healing and grace. Christopher Kerr, a Hospice Doctor, has cared for thousands of people who tell of finding love, insight, and grace before they die. In the transition between life and death, the dying often describe unseen processes that are life-affirming and rich in love. In remarkable and recurring dreams and visions, they see long-lost relatives who have returned to reassure, their past wounds healed and final forgiveness achieved. In Death is But a Dream: Finding Hope and Meaning at Life’s End (Avery; February 11, 2020), Dr. Kerr presents years of evidence-based research that is movingly translated through the stories of patients who describe dying as much more than the suffering we associate with it. The inner experiences of the dying are often medically ignored, but Dr. Kerr suggests instead that end-of-life experiences ought to be recognized not only “as evidence of the inspiring resilience of the human spirit” but also as clinically relevant.
It was by happenstance that Dr. Kerr, an MD with a PhD in neurobiology who was training as a cardiologist, took a weekend job at Hospice Buffalo for extra income. While tending to his hospice patients, he was struck by the paradox of dying: people were physically deteriorating yet emotionally and spiritually alive, even enlightened. What he witnessed at the bedside had such a profound effect on him that he made it his life’s work.
Death is But a Dream is so intimate and powerful because of the range and depth of the stories of the patients in Dr. Kerr’s care. It’s through their eyes that we see how an experience typically wrought with fear and sorrow can be filled with tranquility and peace. Each anecdote transcends traditional conceptions of the dying experience, offering solace to the dying and their loved ones alike.
We meet an octogenarian couple, Joan and Sonny, whose relationship began when Joan, a child to immigrants, was only eleven. Sonny gave her a plastic ring that she would cherish her whole life. It was fitting that they entered Hospice together, after 57 years of marriage. This is where, 24 hours after their last anniversary, Sonny died. Joan dreamt and called to him every night, which helped her cope with his passing and kept Sonny’s love alive for her as well as for their grieving family.
And then there are the children, who have few reference points for death and lack the language for mortality. Yet, their end-of-life experiences are full of the events, people, and pets they need to approach death with dignity and peace. For thirteen- year old Jessica, the dreams of her deceased dog Shadow were interpreted as “the meaning of love” and left her feeling that she was “not alone” and was in a “safe place”.
Equal parts poetic and life-affirming; Death is But a Dream celebrates our power to reclaim dying as a deeply meaningful and soothing process for both patients and their loved ones, and, more often than not, as a form of spiritually healing.
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Chronic: The Hidden Cause of the Autoimmune Pandemic and How to Get Healthy Again By Dr. Steven Phillips and Dana Parish
More than 50 million Americans (and growing) are suffering in silence from a plague that’s hidden in plain sight—a 21st century pandemic of autoimmune and chronic illness that will only continue to increase without a paradigm shift.
Chronic: The Hidden Cause of the Autoimmune Pandemic and How to Get Healthy Again (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt/ May 12, 2020) is an eye-opening tour de force that exposes the autoimmune crisis that is ravaging America and beyond. By looking at the field of autoimmunity with new eyes, Steven Phillips, MD, and his former patient, Sony/ATV singer-songwriter Dana Parish, take on the medical establishment and examine the diseases that are disabling and killing people around the world.
Backed by a trove of published data, Chronic reveals striking evidence that a broad range of microbes, including the Lyme bacteria, cause a variety of recurrent conditions and autoimmune diseases—from fibromyalgia, lupus, multiple sclerosis, and rheumatoid arthritis, to depression, anxiety, and even Alzheimer’s. Most patients with these diseases are relegated to taking dangerous, expensive, long-term drugs that only (and often, poorly) manage symptoms. Chronic shows how the medical community has gotten things fatally wrong by ignoring blatant evidence of these chronic infections. Instead, in a scandal akin to Big Tobacco, we’ve become an immune-suppressed society, at risk for opportunistic infections and cancers, while Big Pharma makes billions. By synthesizing the science and research from the world’s top medical literature and experts, Chronic exposes the truth and outlines how the medical community has failed patients around the world.
Dr. Phillips was already an internationally renowned physician specializing in complex chronic diseases when he became a patient himself. After nearly dying from his own mystery illness, he experienced firsthand the medical community’s ignorance about the pathogens that underlie a deep spectrum of chronic conditions. Parish, too, watched her health spiral after twelve top doctors missed an underlying infection that caused heart failure and other sudden debilitating physical and psychiatric symptoms. Now, they’ve come together with a mission: to change the current model of simply treating symptoms and shift the focus to finding and curing root causes of these chronic diseases. By delving into the history and science behind common infections that are difficult to diagnose and treat, and debunking widely held beliefs by doctors and patients alike, Chronic shows how the medical community got it wrong and provides solutions that can empower readers to get their lives back.
Steven Phillips, M.D., is a world-renowned, Yale-trained physician, researcher, and international lecturer. A media go-to expert, he specializes in the management of complex vector-borne infections. He’s in private practice in Wilton, Connecticut.
Dana Parish is an award-winning Sony/ATV singer-songwriter who has collaborated with Celine Dion, Michael Jackson, and Nick Jonas. She has become a powerful voice for change in the field of Lyme disease. She lives in New York City.
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NEURODHARMA: New Science, Ancient Wisdom, and Seven Practices of the Highest Happiness by Rick Hanson, PhD.
“Rick Hanson has a rare ability to inspire us to our fullest potential while giving us practical, actionable tools for our everyday lives.” —Marie Forleo, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Everything is Figureoutable
“A brilliant and unprecedented offering, NEURODHARMA will guide you to the upper reaches of your potential as a human being.” —Deepak Chopra, New York Times bestselling author of You Are the Universe and MetaHuman
“This deeply researched and compassionate guide offers an easy-to-follow road map for creating day-to-day inner peace in today’s increasingly complex world.” —Lori Gottlieb, New York Times bestselling author of Maybe You Should Talk to Someone
Throughout history, people have sought the heights of human potential—to become as wise and strong, happy and loving, as any person can ever be. And now, thanks to recent science, we’re finding how these remarkable ways of being are based on equally remarkable changes in our own nervous system.
Following up on his classic Buddha’s Brain, New York Times bestselling author Rick Hanson, PhD shows us how to strengthen the neural circuitry of deep contentment and profound inner peace in his highly anticipated book, NEURODHARMA: New Science, Ancient Wisdom, and Seven Practices of the Highest Happiness (On Sale May 5; Harmony Books Hardcover).
Deeply researched, it integrates the Buddha’s penetrating analysis of the mind with the latest findings from leading neuroscientists to explore the most radical reaches of human consciousness. Step-by-step, Dr. Hanson explains how to apply these insights so as to cultivate unshakable presence of mind, a courageous heart, and serenity in a changing world. He shows how we can embody them in our daily lives in order to handle stress, heal old pain, feel at ease with others, and rest in the sense of our natural goodness.
Free of jargon, pep talks, and empty calls to believe in faith alone, NEURODHARMA is an intimate, personal book describing his own journey of practice, and it’s full of stories, guided meditations, examples, and applications. With his trademark blend of solid science, warm encouragement, and practical suggestions, Rick Hanson offers a fascinating, inspiring vision of who we can be—and an effective path for fulfilling this incredible possibility
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UNBOUND: A Woman’s Guide to Power by Kasia Urbaniak
The ultimate guide to owning your power–and mastering how to use it.
How can so many women feel “good and mad” yet still reluctant to speak up in a meeting or difficult conversation? Why do women often feel like they’re too much–and, at the same time, not enough? What causes us, at the most critical moments in our lives, to freeze?
Kasia Urbaniak teaches power to women–and her answers to these questions may surprise you. Based on insights from her experiences as a dominatrix, her training to become a Taoist nun, and the countless women she has taught to expand their influence, this book offers precise, practical instruction in how to stand in your power, find your voice, and use it well.
Learn how to:
• Embrace your desires as the pathway to your destiny.
• Ask for–and get–what you need in your life, work, and in the bedroom.
• Skillfully navigate hearing “no” and any resistance, even your own.
• Flip power dynamics when someone crosses your boundaries and puts you on the spot.
• Create new and expanded roles for the people in your life with precise, targeted asks.Whether you’re getting crystal clear on exactly what you want, or turning the tables on a man who has shut you up and shut you down, Urbaniak’s methods teach women to stand for themselves in every interaction.
Part manual, part manifesto, part behind the scenes look, Unbound is a how-to guide to the impossible, the outrageous, the unimaginable–a field guide to living your wildest, best, and most satisfying life
Kasia Urbaniak is the founder and headmistress of The Academy, a school that teaches women to fully embody their confidence and power. Her teachings, based on insights from her experiences working as an expert dominatrix as well as her training to become a Taoist nun, have been profiled in The New York Times, The Cut, The Guardian, and elsewhere. She has spoken at Wharton School of Business, Yale School of Management, and MoMa. Through her courses, corporate sessions, and more, she has trained thousands of women—artists and politicians, philanthropists and aid workers, lawyers and judges.
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The Times Machine!: Learn Multiplication and Division. . . Like, Yesterday! By Danica McKellar
Learn at home with help from The Wonder Years/Hallmark actress, math whiz, and New York Times bestselling author Danica McKellar using her acclaimed McKellar Math books! A revolutionary and FUN way for 2nd to 5th graders to memorize multiplication facts outside of the classroom is finally here!
Join Mr. Mouse and Ms. Squirrel and experience an entirely new way of memorizing multiplication facts. Using colorful stories, silly rhymes, and more, Danica McKellar helps to break down the rules of multiplication and to translate many of the (often confusing!) multiplication and division methods taught in today’s classrooms. This lively “times” travel adventure is a lifesaver for frustrated kids and parents everywhere and a great way to “zero out” worries about homework and tests.
If Mr. Mouse can learn to have fun with math, anyone can!
Danica McKellar is the New York Times bestselling author of Goodnight, Numbers and the groundbreaking math books for middle school and high school readers, including Kiss My Math, and a summa cum laude graduate of UCLA with a degree in mathematics. She is well known for her acting roles on The Wonder Years, The West Wing, and multiple television movies for Hallmark Channel and Lifetime. She was also a quarterfinalist on Dancing with the Stars. She lives with her family in Los Angeles.
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A Farewell to Arms, Legs, and Jockstraps: A Sportswriter’s Memoir By Diane K. Shah
Strike fast, strike hard―whether it’s scoring a homerun or front-page news, Diane K. Shah, former sports columnist, knows how to grab the best story.
In her memoir A Farewell to Arms, Legs, and Jockstraps, follow Diane’s escapades, from interviews with a tipsy Mickey Mantle, to sneaking into off-limits Republican galas, dining with Frank Sinatra, flying a plane with Dennis Quaid, and countless other adventures where she wields her tape recorder and a tireless drive for more.
From skirting KGB agents while covering the Cold War Olympics to hunting down the three mechanical sharks starring in Jaws, Diane’s experiences are filled with real heart and a tongue-in-cheek attitude. An insightful look into the difficulties of navigating a male-dominated profession, A Farewell to Arms, Legs, and Jockstraps offers rich retellings and behind-the-scenes details of stories of a trail-blazing car.eer and the prejudices facing female sportswriters during the 60s and 70s.
Diane K. Shah is a former journalist and the first female sports columnist for a major daily
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newspaper. Shah is the author (with Daryl Dates) of the New York Times bestseller, Chief: My Life in the
LAPD, Relentless, photographer Neil Leifer’s memoir, and author of four mystery novels. She currently
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A-List Angels: How a Band of Actors, Artists, and Athletes Hacked Silicon Valley by Zach O’ Malley Greenburg
How Hollywood cashed in on the latest tech boom-and changed the face of Silicon Valley.When Ashton Kutcher first heard about 50 Cent’s nine-figure Vitaminwater windfall in 2007, the actor realized he’d been missing out. He soon followed the rapper’s formula-seeking equity instead of cash for endorsement deals-but with a twist: as the first person to top 1 million Twitter followers, Kutcher leveraged his social reach to accumulate stakes in a vast range of user-hungry tech startups.A decade later, Kutcher is perhaps the brightest in a firmament of star investors from Beyoncé and Jay-Z to Jennifer Lopez and Alex Rodriguez. Bartering credibility and connections in exchange for early (and often discounted) access to the world’s most coveted investment opportunities, this diverse group changed the face of venture capital while amassing portfolios packed with companies like Airbnb, Spotify, and Uber. But how did two once-dissonant universes-Silicon Valley and Hollywood-become intertwined?Forbes senior editor Zack O’Malley Greenburg told the first chapter of Kutcher’s transformation for the magazine’s cover story in 2016. Now he offers a lively, page-turning account of how this motley crew of talent managers, venture capitalists, and celebrities helped the creative class forge a brand-new blueprint for generational wealth. Through extensive reporting and exclusive interviews with more than 100 key players-including Shaq, Nas, Joe Montana, Sophia Bush, Steve Aoki, Tony Gonzalez, and dozens of behind-the-scenes power brokers-Greenburg sheds light on the unlikely group that fundamentally transformed the value of fame.Zack O’Malley Greenburg is the senior editor of media & entertainment at Forbes and author of four books — “A-List Angels: How a Band of Actors, Artist and Athletes Hacked Silicon Valley,” (Little, Brown, 2020); “3 Kings: Diddy, Dr. Dre, Jay-Z and Hip-Hop’s Multibillion-Dollar Rise” (Little, Brown, 2018); “Michael Jackson, Inc.” (Simon & Schuster / Atria, 2014); and the Jay-Z biography “Empire State of Mind” (Penguin/Portfolio, 2011). In a decade at Forbes, Zack has investigated topics from pension fund scandals to Katy Perry’s touring business to Wu-Tang Clan’s secret album. His work has also appeared in the New York Times, Washington Post, Billboard, Sports Illustrated, McSweeney’s and Vibe; he’s served as an expert source for BBC, NPR, MTV, NY Times and 60 Minutes, and as a speaker at SXSW, TEDx, Georgetown, Harvard and Yale, his alma mater. A former child actor, he played the title role in film Lorenzo’s Oil (1992). He lives in New York with his wife and cats.View -
Masque of Honor: A Historical Novel of the American South by Sharon Virts
In this coming-of-age tale set in early 19th century America, two sons of the Virginia aristocracy risk it all to defend their dreams and determine their own destinies.
General Armistead Mason and John “Jack” Mason McCarty are brothers-in-law, second cousins and descendants of founding father George Mason IV. Ambitious and headstrong, together they set out to find love, acceptance and honor on their own merit. Armistead—by nature a politician—demands respect and strives for perfection. Jack—by inclination a rover—looks to forge his own path. When Armistead is challenged by corruption in the political machine and is denied a seat in the US Congress, the two become embroiled in a bitter dispute that sets in motion an irrevocable chain of events, leading them to the dueling grounds and an outcome that changes everything.
Based on historical events of the 1819 Mason-McCarty duel, Masque of Honor is a story of courage, conviction, and the cost of sacrificing one life to forge another.
Sharon Virts is a successful entrepreneur and visionary who, after more than 25 years in business, followed her passion for storytelling into the world of historical fiction. She has received numerous awards for her work in historic preservation and has been recognized nationally for her business achievements and philanthropic contributions. She was recently included in Washington Life Magazine’s Philanthropic 50 of 2020 for her work with education, health, and cultural preservation.
Sharon’s passion truly lies in the creative. She is an accomplished visual artist and uses her gift for artistic expression along with her extraordinary storytelling to build complex characters and craft vivid images and sets that capture the heart and imagination. Sharon and her husband Scott live at Selma, a prominent historic residence that they saved from destruction and restored to its original stature. It is out of the love and preservation of Selma that the story of the life, times, and controversies of its original owner, Armistead Mason, has given root to her first novel Masque of Honor.
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Aim High: How to Style Your Life and Achieve Your Goals by Sydney Sadick
TV fashion and lifestyle expert Sydney Sadick (TODAY, E!, Inside Edition, Good Morning America) offers an indispensable guide to finding your unique style—from the inside out.
Fashion is full of highs and lows. We’ve become experts at blending the two together—a Gucci belt with a blazer from Zara, a Chanel bag with an old pair of Levi’s—but fashion is so much more than what you wear, how you look, or how much money you spend.
In Aim High, style savant and fashion expert Sydney Sadick delivers an important message for women everywhere: what you wear on the outside can influence who you are and how you feel, and help you live a more meaningful life.
At just 26, Sydney has experienced enough fashion highs (and lows) to last a lifetime. Combined with her experience interviewing some of the world’s most coveted celebrities, designers, and stylists, she uses her insider knowledge and candid voice to break down fashion like you’ve never read before.
Sydney goes behind her scenes, from the blog that started it all (created at 1 a.m. from her college dorm), to the first time she interviewed a celebrity (Rihanna, who else?), to every wardrobe malfunction and challenge in between. You’ll learn:
· How personal style and what you wear can influence your mood
· How to live a fulfilled life you love—even when your weight fluctuates
· How to pack like a fashion expert
· The remedy for the “I have nothing to wear” syndrome
· How to dress for your Bumble profile or Zoom date (you’re welcome)Aim High is a relatable, heart-filled, and inspiring blend of unfiltered stories and expert advice to help you live fearlessly, dress effortlessly, and find your style from within.
Sydney Sadick is a TV correspondent and writer concentrating on fashion, lifestyle and celebrity. She has interviewed some of the world’s most coveted celebrities, designers, and stylists, in addition to covering New York Fashion Week, the Met Ball, the CFDA awards and other top events. She’s a retail ambassador for many popular brands, hosting events for Schutz, De Beers, Furla, and Giuseppe Zanotti. She was a spokesperson in Fall 2019 for Olay’s red jar products. She also creates content for brands like Conair, Urban Outfitters, DryBar, and more. Equipped with a strong educational foundation in journalism at George Washington University’s school of media and public affairs and a deep-rooted connection to the fashion industry, Sydney delivers unparalleled expertise and style savvy to every facet of correspondence. From editorial coverage, celebrity interviews and live broadcast reporting to hosting consumer facing events, Sydney’s ability to generate buzz and make fashion accessible to the masses is enhanced by her vibrant, go-getter personality and loyal following.
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SKOLNICK Architecture + Design Partnership: Public/Private by Lee Skolnick
“When you look at the work of SKOLNICK Architecture + Design, you understand how architecture is about everything, it is not just the art of making shapes that are visually engaging and aesthetically pleasing ……..it is also the art of living, and of figuring out how physical form can enhance life.”
– From the foreword, Pulitzer Prize-winning architectural critic Paul Goldberger
SKOLNICK Architecture + Design Partnership: Public/Private presents the first monograph from the award-winning New York-based architectural firm. Covering nearly 40 years of work, the book—presented in a unique double-sided, two-cover format—exhibits projects in both the public and private sectors. Included in the public section is a sprawling center for entrepreneurial education, a science center built in an old turbine hall, a light-filled synagogue, two colorful and bright public libraries, and a children’s museum inspired by Leonardo da Vinci. The private side features a serenely spatial six-story townhouse, a sublimely linear beach house, a residence and matching studios for two painters, and luxurious twin villas in Anguilla. Through this juxtaposition, we learn that architecture makes life beautiful by revealing essential stories waiting to be told.
With text by Founding Principal Lee Skolnick, and a foreword by Pulitzer Prize-winning architectural critic Paul Goldberger; each chapter provides valuable insight into the sensitive planning and highly intellectual process that goes into each project. Breaking down the barriers between disciplines, Skolnick Architecture + Design Partnership: Public/Private celebrates the accomplishments of a firm that continues to operate at the top of their game.
Lee H. Skolnick, FAIA, is Founder and Design Principal of SKOLNICK Architecture + Design Partnership. He has served on advisory and grant evaluation panels for both the National Endowment for the Arts and the New York State Council on the Arts, among others. His design work has been widely published and has received many awards of excellence, including the “AD 100 Architects” by Architectural Digest, Cooper Union’s “Achievers Under 40,” House & Garden’s “Design Obsession,” the Presidential Citation for Outstanding Achievement from The Cooper Union, “The Most Innovative” by The Best of the Best Luxury Homes magazine, “The Best of the Best” Home Book’s House of the Year, and local, state and national AIA Honor Awards. His numerous notable projects include The Muhammad Ali Center in Louisville, KY; The SONY Wonder Technology Lab in New York; Aileron: Center for Entrepreneurial Education in Dayton, OH; The Luxembourg Science Center in Differdange, Luxembourg; and Muzeiko, Children’s Museum of Bulgaria in Sofia, Bulgaria. He is currently collaborating with artists April Gornik and Eric Fischl on the conversion of the Sag Harbor United Methodist Church into a community arts center.
SKOLNICK Architecture + Design Partnership is an award-winning, integrated design firm specializing in architecture, exhibit design, interpretation, master planning, and graphic design. Since 1980, their New York City-based studio has provided these services in the planning and design of museums, visitor centers, corporate offices, residences, and educational institutions
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The Tyranny of Merit: What’s Become of the Common Good? By Michael J. Sandel
The world-renowned philosopher and author of the bestselling Justice explores the central question of our time: What has become of the common good?
These are dangerous times for democracy. We live in an age of winners and losers, where the odds are stacked in favor of the already fortunate. Stalled social mobility and entrenched inequality give the lie to the American credo that “you can make it if you try”. The consequence is a brew of anger and frustration that has fueled populist protest and extreme polarization, and led to deep distrust of both government and our fellow citizens–leaving us morally unprepared to face the profound challenges of our time.World-renowned philosopher Michael J. Sandel argues that to overcome the crises that are upending our world, we must rethink the attitudes toward success and failure that have accompanied globalization and rising inequality. Sandel shows the hubris a meritocracy generates among the winners and the harsh judgement it imposes on those left behind, and traces the dire consequences across a wide swath of American life. He offers an alternative way of thinking about success–more attentive to the role of luck in human affairs, more conducive to an ethic of humility and solidarity, and more affirming of the dignity of work. The Tyranny of Merit points us toward a hopeful vision of a new politics of the common good.
Michael Sandel is the Anne T. and Robert M. Bass Professor of Government at the University of Harvard. Sandel’s legendary ‘Justice’ course is one of the most popular and influential at Harvard. In 2007, Harvard made Sandel’s course available to alumni around the world through webstreaming and podcasting. Over 5,000 participants signed up, and Harvard Clubs from Mexico to Australia organized local discussion groups in connection with the course. In May 2007, Sandel delivered a series of lectures at major universities in China and he has been a visiting professor at the Sorbonne, Paris. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the Council on Foreign Relations. Sandel is the author of many books and has previously written for the Atlantic Monthly, the New Republic and the New York Times. He was the 2009 BBC Reith Lecturer.
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Wild Symphony by Dan Brown
#1 New York Times bestselling author Dan Brown makes his picture book debut with this mindful, humorous musical, and uniquely entertaining book!
Travel through the trees and across the seas with Maestro Mouse and his musical friends! Young readers will meet a big blue whale and speedy cheetahs, tiny beetles and graceful swans. Each has a special secret to share.
Along the way, you might spot the surprises Maestro Mouse has left for you- a hiding buzzy bee, jumbled letters that spell out clues, and even a coded message to solve!
Children and adults can enjoy this timeless picture book as a traditional read-along, or can choose to listen to original musical compositions as they read–one for each animal–with a free interactive smartphone app, which uses augmented reality to play the appropriate song for each page when a phone’s camera is held over it.
Dan Brown is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Da Vinci Code and, previously, Digital Fortress, Deception Point, and Angels and Demons. He is a graduate of Amherst College and Phillips Exeter Academy, where he spent time as an English teacher before turning his efforts fully to writing. He lives in New England.
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The Dynasty by Jeff Benedict
From the #1 New York Times bestselling coauthor of Tiger Woods comes the definitive inside story of the New England Patriots—the greatest sports dynasty of the 21st century.
It’s easy to forget that the New England Patriots were once the laughingstock of the NFL, a nearly bankrupt team that had never won a championship and was on the brink of moving to St. Louis. Everything changed in 1994, when Robert Kraft acquired the franchise and soon brought on board head coach Bill Belichick and quarterback Tom Brady. Since then, the Patriots have become a juggernaut, making ten trips to the Super Bowl, winning six of them, and emerging as one of the most valuable sports franchises in the world. Today, the team’s twenty-year reign atop the NFL stands as the longest in league history.
How was the Patriots dynasty built? And how did it last for two decades? In The Dynasty, acclaimed journalist Jeff Benedict provides richly reported answers in a sweeping account based on exclusive interviews with more than two hundred insiders—including team executives, coaches, players, players’ wives, team doctors, lawyers, and more—as well as never-before-seen recordings, documents, and electronic communications.
Through his exhaustive research, Benedict uncovers surprising new details about the inner workings of a team notorious for its secrecy. He puts readers in the room as Robert Kraft outmaneuvers a legion of lawyers and investors to buy the team. We listen in on the phone call when the greatest trade ever made—Bill Belichick for a first-round draft choice—is negotiated. And we look over the shoulder of forty-year-old Tom Brady as a surgeon operates on his throwing hand on the eve of the AFC Championship Game in 2018.
But the portrait that emerges in The Dynasty is more rewarding than new details alone. By tracing the team’s epic run through the perspectives of Kraft, Belichick, and Brady—each of whom was interviewed for the book—the author provides a wealth of new insight into the complex human beings most responsible for the Patriots’ success. We watch the NFL’s savviest owner treat Brady like a son, empower Belichick to cut and trade beloved players, and spend sleepless nights figuring out diplomatic ways to keep Brady and Belichick together for two decades. We come to understand how a genius head coach keeps his players at an emotional distance and blocks out anything that gets in the way of winning. And we experience the relentless drive, ferocious competitive nature, and emotional sensitivity that allows Brady to continue playing football into his forties.
The result is an intimate portrait that captures the human drama of the dynasty’s three key characters while also revealing the secrets behind their success. This is perhaps the most compelling and illuminating book that will ever be written about the greatest professional sports team of our time.
Jeff Benedict is a New York Times best selling author, a special features writer for Sports Illustrated, and a television and film producer. He has written fifteen books on topics ranging from violence against women to a deadly E. coli outbreak to the discovery of a 10,000-year-0ld skeleton in North America. He has also written for the New York Times and Los Angeles Times, and his stories have been the basis of segments on 60 Minutes, 20/20, 48 Hours, Good Morning America, and the Discovery Channel.
Jeff’s most recent book – The System: The Glory and Scandal of Big-Time College Football – was a national best seller and is being developed into a television drama by STARZ Networks. Jeff is a producer and writer for the show. Jeff is also an Executive Producer on the forthcoming motion picture film “Little Pink House,” starring Catherine Keener and Jeanne Tripplehorn. The movie is based on Jeff’s book by the same title about the controversial Supreme Court decision on eminent domain.
Jeff has also written numerous autobiographies, including My Name Used to be Muhammad by Muslim-turned-Christian Tito Momen. It was a Book of the Year finalist in 2013. Jeff also wrote the forthcoming autobiography by Hall of Fame quarterback Steve Young (Houghton Mifflin/October 2016). He is also a writer and creative consultant for NFL Films on a documentary based on Young’s autobiography that will air on the NFL Network in the Fall of 2016.
Currently, Jeff is writing a biography on Tiger Woods for Simon & Schuster. His popular blog is at www.jeffbenedict.com. Jeff is licensed to practice law in Connecticut and he’s a Distinguished Professor of Writing and Mass Media at Southern Virginia University. He is represented by Richard Pine at InkWell Management in New York City.
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We Are the Weather: Saving the Planet Begins at Breakfast by Jonathan Safran Foer
In We Are the Weather, Jonathan Safran Foer explores the central global dilemma of our time in a surprising, deeply personal, and urgent new way.
Some people reject the fact, overwhelmingly supported by scientists, that our planet is warming because of human activity. But do those of us who accept the reality of human-caused climate change truly believe it? If we did, surely we would be roused to act on what we know. Will future generations distinguish between those who didn’t believe in the science of global warming and those who said they accepted the science but failed to change their lives in response?
The task of saving the planet will involve a great reckoning with ourselves—with our all-too-human reluctance to sacrifice immediate comfort for the sake of the future. We have, he reveals, turned our planet into a farm for growing animal products, and the consequences are catastrophic. Only collective action will save our home and way of life. And it all starts with what we eat—and don’t eat—for breakfast.
Jonathan Safran Foer is the author of the bestseller Everything Is Illuminated, named Book of the Year by the Los Angeles Times and the winner of numerous awards, including the Guardian First Book Prize, the National Jewish Book Award, and the New York Public Library Young Lions Prize. Foer was one of Rolling Stone’s “People of the Year” and Esquire’s “Best and Brightest.” Foreign rights to his new novel have already been sold in ten countries. The film of Everything Is Illuminated, directed by Liev Schreiber and starring Elijah Wood, will be released in August 2005. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close has been optioned for film by Scott Rudin Productions in conjunction with Warner Brothers and Paramount Pictures. Foer lives in Brooklyn, New York.
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The Joy in You by Cat Deeley
Encourage kids to live out loud and be their truest selves with this picture book from host of So You Think You Can Dance and mom Cat Deeley.
Dream big, as big as the night sky full of stars.
When you discover the things you love, you’ll find true joy.Journey through a magical world, filled with a colorful cast of animals, where readers have endless opportunities to be themselves and find freedom in expression. They will delight in the silly humor and undeniable spirit of this rhythmic picture book—and take to heart the message that they are enough exactly as they are!
Cat Deeley’s debut is the perfect gift for baby showers, birthday parties, and moving-up ceremonies. Its cozy illustrations also make it an ideal bedtime book that you can read to your little one.
Cat Deeley is the host of the Fox series SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE which has been on the air since 2006 and earned her five Primetime Emmy nominations, two Teen Choice nominations, and two Critics Choice TV awards for “Best Reality Show Host”. She was born in Birmingham, England and is a proud mama of two boys. This is her first children’s picture book which she has said is a ‘love letter to her boys’. Cat is also a UNICEF UK ambassador. Find her on Instagram and Twitter @catdeeley
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Superman’s Not Coming: Our National Water Crisis and What We the People Can Do About It by Erin Brockovich
ERIN BROCKOVICH is the president of Brockovich Research & Consulting and the founder of the Erin Brockovich Foundation, a nonprofit organization created to educate and empower communities in their fight for clean water. She is the coauthor of Take It from Me: Life’s a Struggle but You Can Win and has her own show on PodcastOne. She lives in Southern California.View -
High School by Sara Quin and Tegan Quin
From the iconic musicians Tegan and Sara comes a memoir about high school, detailing their first loves and first songs in a compelling look back at their humble beginnings
High School is the revelatory and unique coming-of-age story of Sara and Tegan Quin, identical twins from Calgary, Alberta, who grew up at the height of grunge and rave culture in the nineties, well before they became the celebrated musicians and global LGBTQ icons we know today. While grappling with their identity and sexuality, often alone, they also faced academic meltdown, their parents’ divorce, and the looming pressure of what might come after high school. Written in alternating chapters from both Tegan’s and Sara’s points of view, the book is a raw account of the drugs, alcohol, love, music, and friendship they explored in their formative years.A transcendent story of first loves and first songs, High School captures the tangle of discordant and parallel memories of two sisters who grew up in distinct ways even as they lived just down the hall from each another. This is the origin story of Tegan and Sara.
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The Company I Keep: My Life in Beauty by Leonard Lauder
In his much-anticipated memoir, The Company I Keep: My Life in Beauty, Chairman Emeritus and former CEO of The Estée Lauder Companies Leonard A. Lauder shares the business and life lessons he learned as well as the adventures he had while helping transform the mom-and-pop business his mother founded in 1946 in the family kitchen into the beloved brand and ultimately into the iconic global prestige beauty company it is today.
In its infancy in the 1940s and 50s, the company comprised a handful of products, sold under a single brand in just a few prestigious department stores across the United States. Today, The Estée Lauder Companies constitutes one of the world’s leading manufacturers and marketers of prestige skin care, makeup, fragrance and hair care products. It comprises more than 25 brands, whose products are sold in over 150 countries and territories. This growth and success was led by Leonard A. Lauder, Estée Lauder’s oldest son, who envisioned and effected this expansion during a remarkable 60-year tenure, including leading the company as CEO and Chairman.
In this captivating personal account complete with great stories as only he can tell them, Mr. Lauder, now known as The Estée Lauder Companies’ “Chief Teaching Officer,” reflects on his childhood, growing up during the Great Depression, the vibrant decades of the post-World War II boom, and his work growing the company into the beauty powerhouse it is today. Mr. Lauder pays loving tribute to his mother Estée Lauder, its eponymous founder, and to the employees of the company, both past and present, while sharing inside stories about the company, including tales of cutthroat rivalry with Charles Revson of Revlon and others. The book offers keen insights on honing ambition, leveraging success, learning from mistakes, and growing an international company in an age of economic turbulence, uncertainty, and fierce competition.
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Transforming Trauma: The Path to Hope and Healing by James S. Gordon M.D.
A world-recognized authority and acclaimed mind-body medicine pioneer presents the first evidence-based program to reverse the psychological and biological damage caused by trauma.
Filled with practical tools to alleviate stress, anxiety, fear, and sleeplessness.
In his role as the founder and executive director of The Center for Mind-Body Medicine (CMBM), Dr. Gordon has created and implemented what may well be the world’s largest and most effective program for healing population-wide psychological trauma. He and 130 international faculty have brought this program to populations as diverse as refugees from wars in the Balkans, the Middle East, and Africa; firefighters and U.S. military personnel and their families; student/parent/teacher school shooting survivors; and Native American children – as well as stressed out professionals, stay-at-home mothers, inner-city children, and people struggling with mental and physical disorders and end of life challenges.
Dr. Gordon’s work is grounded in scientific evidence and timeless wisdom. Through his decades of first-hand experience, he understands that trauma will come to all of us sooner or later. That each of us has the capacity to understand and heal ourselves. And that the heartbreaking devastation that trauma causes can also open our hearts and minds to deeper understanding, enhanced meaning and purpose, and greater love.
In the compassionate, compelling pages of Transforming Trauma, he invites us on a step-by-step, evidence-based journey to heal the psychological and biological damage that trauma brings and to become the people whom we are meant to be.
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The Seekers: Meetings With Remarkable Musicians (and Other Artists) by John Densmore
The iconic drummer of The Doors investigates his own relationship with creativity and explores the meaning of artistry with other artists and performers in this compelling and spellbinding memoir.
ViewWhether it’s the curiosity that blossoms after we listen to our favorite band’s newest record, or the sheer admiration we feel after watching a knockout performance, many of us have experienced art so pure-so innovative-that we can’t help but wonder afterwards: “How did they do that?” And yet, few of us are in a position to be able to ask those memorable legends where their inspiration comes from and how they translated it into something fresh and new. Fortunately for us, this book is here to offer us a bridge.
In The Seekers, John Densmore-the iconic drummer of The Doors and author of the New York Times bestseller Riders onthe Storm-digs deep into his own process and draws upon his privileged access to his fellow artists and performers in order to explore the origins of creativity itself. Weaving together anecdotes from the author’s personal notebooks and experiences over the past fifty years, this book takes readers on a rich, thought-provoking journey into the soul of the artist. By understanding creativity’s roots, Densmore ultimately introduces us to the realm of everyday inspirations that imbue our lives with meaning.
Inspired by the classic spiritual memoir Meetings with Remarkable Men, this book is fueled by Densmore’s abundant collection of transformative experiences-both personal and professional-with everyone from Ravi Shankar to Patti Smith, Jim Morrison to Janis Joplin, Bob Marley to Gustavo Dudamel, Lou Reed to Van Morrison, Jerry Lee Lewis to his own dear, late Doors bandmate Ray Manzarek. Ultimately, the result is not only a look into the hearts and minds of some of the most important artists of the past century-but a way for readers to identify and ignite their own creative spark, and light their own fire.
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RADICAL CURIOSITY: ONE MAN’S SEARCH FOR COSMIC MAGIC AND A PURPOSEFUL LIFE BY KEN DYCHTWALD
“I have been learning from Ken Dychtwald for years and am convinced that he is today’s most innovative and original thinker on this important subject.”
—President Jimmy Carter
“This book soars somewhere between Forrest Gump and Jack Kerouac. It’s part intimate autobiography, part rollicking adventure story, part cultural anthropology. Through his remarkable encounters and unusual cast of characters, Dychtwald gives us a unique window into the spiritual aspirations, moral conflicts, vocational dilemmas, and ups and downs of the pursuit of consciousness expansion and mindful adulthood over the last half century. This is a modern-day Siddhartha story.”
—Michael Murphy, Founder of the Esalen Institute
“A masterful storyteller, Ken Dychtwald takes us on the wild, grand adventure of his self-examined life. This is truly a hero’s journey, populated with hippies and presidents, psychology and celebrity, success and failure, and the wisest of lessons.”
—Lisa Genova, PhD. Neuroscientist and best-selling author of Still Alice
“Driven by the engines of curiosity, compassion and continual self-improvement, Ken Dychtwald has emerged as one of the world’s leading pathfinders for untapping human potential – at every stage of life. In Radical Curiosity, we are given a front row seat to Dychtwald’s encounters with remarkable people and life lessons regarding love, family, money, work, risk-taking, success, aging and death. I highly recommend this book for anyone who wants to understand how a truly revolutionary thinker goes about trying to change the world.”
—Peter H. Diamandis, MD, Founder, XPRIZE, Executive Chairman, Singularity University, and author of Abundance, BOLD and The Future Is Faster Than You Think
About Radical Curiosity:
From his working class roots in New Jersey to the “tune in, turn on, drop out” cliffs of Big Sur and the pinnacles of the human potential movement; from launching his company Age Wave and coming to terms with his own aging process, Ken Dychtwald’s Radical Curiosity makes sense of his first 70 years of life, offering invaluable life lessons through the lens of a man constantly seeking truth and self-discovery— giving readers a glimpse into a visionary’s extraordinary world, and a guide for claiming a powerful vision of one’s own.
Although Dr. Ken Dychtwald is widely regarded as one of the world’s foremost experts and visionary thinkers regarding aging and longevity, he now gives us an entirely different – and far more personal – kind of book. Triggered by the deaths of his dad and then mom, and his cutting-edge research into the importance of leaving a legacy, Dychtwald dives deep to examine the arc and legacies of his own life through fantastic stories, mind-stretching adventures and his unique encounters with many of the world’s great leaders and influencers – to show readers his keys to a meaningful, magical and purposeful life.
Ultimately, Radical Curiosity is a call to action: asking that we add more curiosity, purpose, interdependence and discovery to our lives, regardless of age.
Some of Radical Curiosity’s key themes are:
o The importance of perpetual openness to self-discovery, self-improvement, re-invention and untapping one’s potentials;
o How serendipity and coincidence can play just as big a role in your life as good intentions;
o How to juggle the new roles of love, marriage, caregiving and parenthood in today’s high-tech, high-pressure world;
o Perceiving not only youth – but adulthood, middlescence, elderhood and ultimately death as respected and important parts of life’s journey;
o The role of courage, fortitude and resilience if one is hoping to change the world;
o And always remembering the mantra: breathe, learn, teach, repeat, that one can apply to their life at any stage, regardless of circumstances.
About Dr. Ken Dychtwald
As a psychologist, gerontologist, author of 18 books, celebrated public speaker and teacher, successful entrepreneur, documentary filmmaker and CEO of Age Wave, Dr. Ken Dychtwald has been helping people look ahead for decades, both at their own – and their clients, consumers, patients and voters’ – futures as well as the culture at large. He has been a key player in the emergence of the Human Potential, Holistic Health, Healthy Aging and Longevity movements and has given presentations to over two million people worldwide at high profile events alongside the likes of Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, Nelson Mandela, Tony Blair, Ronald Reagan, Bucky Fuller, Al Gore, and Bono.
He has been featured on 60 Minutes, The Oprah Winfrey Show, The Today Show, World News Tonight, The New York Times, PBS, CNN, BBC, Fortune, Inc, Time, Forbes and many other media platforms worldwide. He has served as producer and host of multiple PBS documentaries and specials including “The Boomer Century” and the brand new program “Life’s Third Age” which recently premiered in NY and will be airing nationwide beginning in the spring of 2021. His innovative ideas and research have garnered nearly 15 billion media impressions.
Over the years, his client list has included over half the Fortune 500. He has served as a Fellow of the World Economic Forum, has keynoted two White House Conferences on Aging, and is the recipient of the McKinsey Prize for his writing in the Harvard Business Review. Ken has twice received the distinguished American Society on Aging Award for outstanding national leadership and he was honored by Investment Advisor as one of the 35 most influential thought leaders in the financial services industry over the past 35 years. Ken and his wife Maddy are the recipients of the Esalen Prize for their outstanding contributions to “advancing the human potential of aging men and women worldwide.” Ken was recently awarded the Inspire Award from the International Council on Active Aging for his efforts to “make a difference in the lives of older adults worldwide.” He is a Trustee of the XPrize Foundation.
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DID I SAY THAT OUT LOUD? MIDLIFE INDIGNITIES AND HOW TO SURVIVE THEM BY KRISTIN VAN OGTROP
“When I saw the tagline of this new book of personal essays—‘midlife indignities and how to survive them’—it rose to the top of my nightstand book pile. I felt comforted, self-forgiving and highly amused in equal measure.”—Carol Brooks, Editorial Director, First For Women
“This truly laugh-out-loud collection of essays from the former editor-in-chief of Real Simple tackles aging, motherhood, her love of dogs, a medical odyssey, the demise of the magazine industry, and more. —Zibby Owens, KatieCouric.com
“This book abounds with wisdom and humor, poignancy and warmth. Whether exploring the midlife fall from corporate (or corporeal) grace, the tragic loss of a family dog, or the literal if beloved mess of raising three sons in the suburbs, Kristin van Ogtrop is candid, inspired, and a pure pleasure to read.” —Cathi Hanauer, New York Times bestselling author of Gone and The Bitch Is Back
“Like a long-awaited coffee with your smartest, savviest friend, Did I Say That Out Loud? offers comfort, connection, and cackles of the best kind of laughter—the kind that makes you feel not just understood, but seen.”—KJ Dell’Antonia, New York Times bestselling author of The Chicken Sisters
“Did I Say That Out Loud? had me laughing out loud as I devoured these utterly relatable tales of work, family, love, and the sometimes tragic-comic mishaps that seem to happen more frequently as we reach a certain age. Each chapter is like a letter from a great friend—the cool, relatable friend who not only worked for Anna Wintour but also swallows household objects by accident. Kristin van Ogtrop finds the perfect blend of humor and poignant honesty in this wonderfully original collection of essays.”—Ann Leary, author of The Good House
Former editor in chief of Real Simple and author of Just Let Me Lie Down, Kristin van Ogtrop returns with a heartwarming, hilarious examination of the middle part of life in the new essay collection DID I SAY THAT OUT LOUD: Midlife Indignities and How to Survive Them (Little, Brown; April 13, 2021). I promise that, when you read this book, you will laugh, cry, and feel a little better about the bizarre year we’ve all just gone through together. Van Ogtrop writes, “By the time we all reach middle age, our bodies are dotted with scars”—each of us acquires battle scars along the journey through life as we deal with loss, grief, and change. In this surreal time, when we can’t leave the house without masks on and our to-do lists include stocking up on hand sanitizer and toilet paper, van Ogtrop’s message of resiliency and humor is sorely needed.
Writing with the intimacy of a lifelong best friend and the wisdom of a mother, van Ogtrop shares stories that come from her own life but are nonetheless universal: sudden illness, negligent adult(ish) children, embarrassing lapses of memory, sudden attacks of insomnia, menopause and all its surprises, and the cold reality of being a tired, cranky cog in corporate America. Perhaps most importantly, she sheds light on how we all must reexamine where we invest our time, particularly once we begin to realize that it’s not limitless.
DID I SAY THAT OUT LOUD? is a funny, optimistic guide to weathering the midlife storm and accepting the challenges of aging with grace—and appreciating all the unexpected good things still to come. Van Ogtrop will remind you that you have permission to laugh when things go wrong. Especially now.
Kristin van Ogtrop is the author of Just Let Me Lie Down: Necessary Terms for the Half-Insane Working Mom and the former longtime editor in chief of Real Simple and “The Amateur” columnist for Time. Her writing has appeared in countless publications and in the New York Times bestselling collection The Bitch in the House. She is a wife and mother of three, but sometimes loves her dogs more than anybody else.
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THE BOOK OF DARRYL BY THE GOGGLES
From the Webby Award–winning team behind Welcome to Pine Point and Adbusters comes the illustrated, digitally augmented story of a sixteen-year-old who discovers heavy metal and the son of god in one heady summer in Roman-occupied Nazareth
For sixteen-year-old Darryl, life in Roman-occupied Nazareth is a real drag—especially when everyone at your high school thinks you’re a loser and you’re convinced the spots on your forehead are sure signs of leprosy. But everything changes with the arrival of a new refugee neighbor, Jay, the messiah before he becomes *the Messiah[PB2] .* When Jay decides to join Darryl’s band, they discover the most potent force of all time: the power of METAL. And friendship. But mostly METAL.
A radical, hilarious, and touching story of teen angst, The Book of Darryl is an augmented reality novel (illuminated [PB3] via an app that allows you to view animated pages of the print book) featuring GIF animations from the cult artist Scorpion Dagger, sound effects, and an original heavy metal score.
Cowritten and directed by the Webby Award–winning team The Goggles (Welcome to Pine Point, Adbusters) and Closer (Shut Up, Little Man!, Sam Klemke’s Time Machine), The Book of Darryl recounts the genesis of heavy metal and the friendship behind one of the greatest untold musical partnerships in history.
The Goggles are Paul Shoebridge and Michael Simons, [PB4] creators who have spent their professional lives telling stories in compelling new ways. Their interactive documentary, Welcome to Pine Point, received more than a dozen international awards. They are coauthors of the book I Live Here, and their work has been featured on CNN and MTV, and in documentaries for BBC, PBS, and Dutch National Television.
Closer Productions’ Matt Bate is a writer, director, and producer working across drama, documentary, and VR. His debut feature film, Shut Up, Little Man!, premiered in competition at Sundance 2011, and his sophomore film, Sam Klemke’s Time Machine, was selected for Sundance New Frontier 2014.
James Kerr is a digital artist based in Montreal who is best known for his animated GIF project Scorpion Dagger, in which he mixes cutouts from various paintings from art history to comment on our modern age and pop culture in general.
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The Mirror and the Light by Hilary Mantel
“The Wolf Hall trilogy is probably the greatest historical fiction accomplishment of the past decade.”
—The New York Times Book Review
Nominated for the Booker Prize
A New York Times Book Review Notable Book of the Year
Named a best book of the year by The Washington Post, Time, The Guardian, The Telegraph (UK), The Times Literary Supplement, Kirkus Reviews, Star Tribune (Minneapolis), NPR, The Independent, and USA Today
A Star Tribune (Minneapolis) holiday book recommendation
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With the new trade paperback release of The Mirror & the Light (on sale May 4), Hilary Mantel brings to a triumphant close the trilogy she began with her peerless, Booker Prize–winning novels, Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies. She traces the final years of Thomas Cromwell, the boy from nowhere who climbs to the heights of power, and offers a defining portrait of predator and prey, of a ferocious contest between present and past, between royal will and a common man’s vision of a modern nation making itself through conflict, passion, and courage.
The story begins in May 1536: Anne Boleyn is dead, decapitated in the space of a heartbeat by a hired French executioner. As her remains are bundled into oblivion, Cromwell breakfasts with the victors. The blacksmith’s son from Putney emerges from the spring’s bloodbath to continue his climb to power and wealth, while his formidable master, Henry VIII, settles to short-lived happiness with his third queen, Jane Seymour.
Cromwell, a man with only his wits to rely on, has no great family to back him, no private army. Despite rebellion at home, traitors plotting abroad, and the threat of invasion testing Henry’s regime to the breaking point, Cromwell’s robust imagination sees a new country in the mirror of the future. All of England lies at his feet, ripe for innovation and religious reform. But as fortune’s wheel turns, Cromwell’s enemies are gathering in the shadows. The inevitable question remains: How long can anyone survive under Henry’s cruel and capricious gaze?
Eagerly awaited and eight years in the making, The Mirror & the Light completes Cromwell’s journey from self-made man to one of the most feared, influential figures of his time. Portrayed by Mantel with pathos and terrific energy, Cromwell is as complex as he is unforgettable: a politician and a fixer, a husband and a father, a man who both defied and defined his age.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Hilary Mantel, a two-time winner of the Man Booker Prize, is the author of the bestselling Wolf Hall Trilogy. The trilogy’s novels—Wolf Hall, Bring Up the Bodies, and The Mirror & the Light—have been translated into thirty-seven languages, and their sales have reached over six million copies worldwide. She is the author of sixteen books, including A Place of Greater Safety, the memoir Giving Up the Ghost, and the short-story collection The Assassination of Margaret Thatcher.
“The searing finale of Hilary Mantel’s magnificent trilogy . . . Mantel is clear-eyed yet compassionate in depicting her coldly calculating, covertly idealistic protagonist and the equally complex people he encounters in his rise and fall from power. Dense with resonant metaphors and alive with discomfiting ideas, The Mirror & the Light provides a fittingly Shakespearean resolution to Mantel’s magisterial work.” —The Washington Post
“This is rich, full-bodied fiction. Indeed, it might well be the best of the trilogy simply because there is more of it, a treasure on every page . . . The brisk, present-tense narration makes you feel as though you are watching these long-settled events live, via a shaky camera phone . . . Mantel has . . . elevated historical fiction as an art form . . . At a time when the general movement of literature has been towards the margins, she has taken us to the dark heart of history.” —The Times (London)
“Majestic and often breathtakingly poetic . . . What The Mirror & the Light offers—even more than the two previous volumes—is engulfing total sensory immersion in a world . . . As with the most powerful and enduring historical fictions, the book grips the reader most tightly when, as is often the case, the writing comes as close to poetry as prose ever may.” —Financial Times
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Our Time is Now by Stacey Abrams
“Stacey Abrams’s powerful, deeply moving book shines a bright light on the ongoing attacks on the sacred, constitutional right to the ballot.”
—Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
“Our Time Is Now is not a political memoir or a long-form résumé; rather, it is a striking manifesto, a stirring indictment and a straightforward road map to victory.”
—Tayari Jones, The New York Times Book Review
“With each page, [Abrams] inspires and empowers us to create systems that reflect a world in which all voices are heard and all people believe and feel that they matter.”
—Kerry Washington
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Celebrated national leader and New York Times bestselling author Stacey Abrams offers a blueprint to end voter suppression, empower our citizens, and take back our country.
A recognized expert on fair voting and civic engagement, Stacey Abrams chronicles a chilling account of how the right to vote and the principle of democracy have been and continue to be under attack. Abrams would have been the first African American woman governor, but she experienced the effects of voter suppression firsthand, despite running the most innovative race in modern politics as the Democratic nominee in Georgia. This book compellingly argues for the importance of robust voter protections, an elevation of identity politics, engagement in the census, and a return to moral international leadership.
Our Time Is Now draws on research from national organizations, including Abrams’s voter rights organization, Fair Fight Action, and her census organization, Fair Count, as well as on anecdotes from her life and those of others who have fought throughout our country’s history for the power to be heard. The stakes could not be higher. Here are concrete solutions and inspiration to stand up for who we are—now.
About the Author:
Stacey Abrams is the New York Times bestselling author of Lead from the Outside and While Justice Sleeps, a serial entrepreneur, and political leader. A tax attorney by training, she served eleven years in the Georgia House of Representatives, seven as minority leader, and became the 2018 Democratic nominee for governor of Georgia, where she won more votes, at the time, than any other Democrat in the state’s history. She has launched multiple organizations devoted to voting rights, training and hiring young people of color, and tackling social issues at the state, national, and international levels. Abrams is a lifetime member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the 2012 recipient of the John F. Kennedy New Frontier Award. Abrams received degrees from Spelman College, the LBJ School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas, and Yale Law School. She is the founder of the Fair Fight Action, Fair Count, and the Southern Economic Advancement Project.
Additional praise for Our Time Is Now:
“The tensions between patience and urgency, between fear and resolve, between the promise of someday and the demands of right now, are at the heart of Our Time Is Now.” —The Washington Post
“This book is an essential toolkit for citizens of all backgrounds who believe, as I do, that democracy is not a spectator sport.” —Madeleine K. Albright, former United States secretary of state
“With Our Time Is Now, [Stacey Abrams has] now set out a comprehensive road map for engaging . . . voters, tearing down barriers to participation and making our democracy live up to its highest ideals. ” —Julián Castro, former secretary of housing and urban development
“A detailed exposé of how our democracy has been eroded—and a plan to fix it—from an up-and-coming national leader . . . If you are feeling hopeless about politics, this well-informed blueprint for change may begin to restore your faith.” —Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
“For a nation in the throes of a pandemic and wracked by four years of polarized politics, this is an important and timely book.” —Booklist (starred review)
“[Abrams’s] practical approach is inspiring, even comforting, in the current moment.” —People
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Luster by Raven Leliani
“So delicious that it feels illicit . . . Raven Leilani’s first novel reads like summer: sentences like ice that crackle or melt into a languorous drip; plot suddenly, wildly flying forward like a bike down a hill.” ―Jazmine Hughes, The New York Times Book Review
Edie is stumbling through her twenties—sharing a subpar apartment, clocking in and out of her admin job, making a series of inappropriate sexual choices. She is also haltingly giving heat and air to the art that simmers inside her. And then she meets Eric, a man with a family in New Jersey, including a wife who has agreed to an open marriage—with rules. Soon, Edie finds herself invited into Eric’s home (not by Eric), where she becomes a de facto role model to his adopted daughter. Edie may be the only Black woman young Akila knows.
Irresistibly unruly and strikingly beautiful, razor-sharp and slyly comic, sexually charged and utterly absorbing, Raven Leilani’s Luster is a portrait of a young woman trying to make sense of her life—her hunger, her anger—in a tumultuous era. It is also a haunting, aching depiction of how hard it is to believe in your own talent, and of the unexpected influences that bring us into ourselves.
HARDCOVER PRAISE FOR LUSTER
“Leilani’s radiant debut belongs to its brilliant, fully formed narrator. Old soul Edie has an otherworldly way of seeing the world and reflecting it back to readers, peppering experiences of past and current despair with acceptance and humor but never sacrificing depth, of which her story has miles. A must for seekers of strongly narrated, original fiction.” —Annie Bostrom, Booklist (starred review)
“An unstable ballet of race, sex, and power. Leilani’s characters act in ways that often defy explanation, and that is part of what makes them so alive and so mesmerizing: Whose behavior, in real life, can be reduced to simple cause and effect? Sharp, strange, propellant—and a whole lot of fun.”
—Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
“Leilani debuts with a moving examination of a young Black woman’s economic desperation and her relationship to violence . . . The narration is perceptive, funny, and emotionally charged. Edie’s frank, self-possessed voice will keep a firm grip on readers all the way to the bitter end.” —Publishers Weekly
“Charged and hypnotic, Luster is poised to become one of the books that defines what it’s like to be young in this moment.” —goop
“It’s brilliant—cutting, weird, and full of dark humor. I tore through it and have been thinking about it since. That’s always a good sign.” —Anna Baryshnikov, Belletrist
“Darkly funny with wicked insight . . . This keenly observed, dynamic debut is so cutting, it almost stings.”
—Lauren Puckett, Elle
“Luster is one of those books that makes the world seem both clearer and more interesting than you thought it was . . . But what really makes Luster sing is Leilani’s ability to evoke with precise and damning detail the hypocrisy of the smugly virtuous white liberal landscape Edie is trying to navigate. There’s plenty to unpack here.”
—Constance Grady, Vox
“Sometimes, on very rare occasions, you read a debut novel with a narrative voice that is so assured, so confident, so astute, and so devastatingly funny, it leaves you reeling.” —Tomi Obaro, BuzzFeed
“[Raven Leilani’s] writing is exacting, hilarious, and deadly . . . none of the familiar categories—millennial writing, women’s writing, African-American writing—could quite express or contain the book I was reading, which, with the lightest of touches, skewers our contemporary moment, and announces a writer of exhilarating freedom and daring.” —Zadie Smith, Harper’s Bazaar
“Raw, racy, and utterly mesmerizing, Luster is among the most dazzling novels of the year, marking the arrival of a major new voice in American letters . . . Dreamlike, tender, and big-hearted, Luster is a must-read from an immeasurably talented new writer.” —Adrienne Westenfeld, Esquire
“Leilani draws on a long lineage of invisibility, from [Ralph] Ellison to Toni Morrison to the haunting spirits of Jesmyn Ward. Edie recognizes the absurdity of her situation, its unfairness, while still mining it for wry humor, the ridiculousness of rushing along on a roller coaster with a man old enough to be her father, while still enjoying the ride.” —Lee Thomas, Los Angeles Review of Books
“I would have loved Luster for the premise alone: a young woman moves in with her lover and his wife. But Leilani’s novel also explores issues of age, gender, income, and race with hilarious and brilliant prose.”
—Katherine Heiny, Literary Hub
“Narrative drive oozes out of every sentence. This novel is a pleasure to read on all levels; from the macro considerations like perspective and plot down to the micro word choices, everything is firing on all cylinders.”
—Catie Disabato, Cinnamon Mag
“Raven Leilani’s hypnotic debut novel, Luster, is every bit as cathartic as it is cerebral in its devotion to one Black woman’s pursuit of harmless passion and purpose in an era inured to uncertainty . . . Luster marks the arrival of a writer who inflames her pages with an infinite scroll of pathos and precision . . . It will come as no surprise when Leilani takes her place on the front lines of the new literary generation.” —Paris Close, Paperback Paris
ADDITIONAL AUTHOR PRAISE FOR LUSTER
“Darkly funny, hilariously moving, Luster follows the unforgettable Edie, a hapless young woman suffocating under her own loneliness, whose caustic observations made me laugh out loud and gasp in recognition. A beautiful, bighearted story about intimacy and art that will astound and wound you.” —Brit Bennett, author of The Mothers
“The narrative voice of this startling novel is layered, complex, pitch-black comedy and deadly earnest, even ardent, in its will to sift through the chaos and idiocy of our madhouse culture and find some glimpse of human reality. Raven Leilani is intellectually supple and steely at the same time; she thinks and perceives blessedly outside any kind of norm. [She] has made a truly lustrous piece of art.”
—Mary Gaitskill, author of This Is Pleasure
“A beguiling fever dream of a novel, shot through with wistfulness, humor, and a kind of breathless, furious verve. Impossible to put down.” —Ling Ma, author of Severance
“Raven Leilani’s sentences pulse and writhe and shimmer and gut-punch. Above all they tell the truth, even when it hurts.” —Angela Flournoy, author of The Turner House
“Hilarious, honest, bursting with desire and sharp insight, Luster is absolutely captivating. I didn’t so much read it as gulp it down. There’s so much to learn here, so much to admire. Raven Leilani is an irreverent, impeccable stylist—a voice we need right now.” —Justin Torres, author of We the Animals
“Raven Leilani is a writer of unusual daring, with a voice that is unique and fully formed. There is humor, intelligence, emotion, and power in her work. I cannot think of a writer better suited to capture our moment.” —Katie Kitamura, author of A Separation
“Raven Leilani’s style is a truly original mix of the new and the wise, of wit and despair. She has poignantly captured the obsession that drives, and often destroys, every true artist. I adored Luster for its honesty and weird beauty.”
—Sara Baume, author of Spill Simmer Falter Wither
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The City That Finally Sleeps by Mark Seliger
“[Mark Seliger] has found both escapes from our current predicament and heartbreaking evidence of it. These are our new cityscapes: empty crosswalks, field hospitals in Central Park’s East Meadow, and 1 World Trade beckoning through the fog, as the Twin Towers used to before it.”
—Radhika Jones, Vanity Fair
In March 2020 during the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, New York City went into lockdown and the cityscape changed overnight. New Yorkers retreated indoors. Entire blocks of storefronts went dark. Silver-wet pavement on empty streets reflected new blooms on cherry blossom trees with hardly a soul to witness it. The regular chatter of the metropolis evaporated, replaced by overlapping sirens pitching and falling at a near-constant clip.
Award-winning photographer Mark Seliger felt like he was seeing his home for the first time. Not knowing how long this period would last, he decided to photograph “the city that never sleeps” in its moment of rest. He took to the desolate streets, camera in hand and often in the quietest hours, and captured the scenes now portrayed in his new photography book, The City That Finally Sleeps (on sale June 22nd). These hauntingly beautiful portraits of New York’s streets and cityscapes grip the viewer in varying balances of beauty, sorrow, wonder and quiet concern over a stillness that is both curious and wonderful at the same time.
It is rare to experience spaciousness in New York City. Even when you walk alone, you walk in a crowd. As more and more people left the city, the trajectory toward emptiness intensified. But the melancholic vacancy energized Seliger. He would drive through the city feeling like the only car in New York. He felt like it was a gift. But it was never long before the reality set in—refrigerated trucks were serving as temporary overflow morgues at Bellevue Hospital; exhausted essential workers filled the streets as they changed shifts; beloved restaurants and shops were just gone. Seliger will never forget the fragility and vulnerability of New York City during that time.
With The City That Finally Sleeps, Seliger also reminds us that artistry benefits from solitude, as does the ability to reconcile what goes on in our lives and in the world around us. New York City revealed itself to Seliger in new ways throughout this project. It was a stripped-down behemoth in repose, and we had nowhere to be, no one to see, and nothing to do but to listen to it. On the day George Floyd was killed, everyone was listening in a brand-new way. As quickly as the streets had emptied in March, they swelled back up with protests in late May. That was when Seliger knew that the project—which he took on as a personal assignment—was over. “New York tough” is real and it was cautiously roaring back, resilient as ever…awake.
The City That Finally Sleeps is a stunning work delivered to us by a world-renowned artist. It brings us sober comfort like no other, and during an otherwise dismal period in history. Each of Seliger’s quadtone portraits, spread across 110 pages, gleams with hope in the majesty of perhaps the most influential city in the world.
**All proceeds from the sale of this book will support New York Cares in their Covid-19 relief efforts. Even in uncertain times, New York Cares continues to meet pressing community needs by mobilizing caring New Yorkers in volunteer service. Since COVID-19 relief efforts began in March, thousands of volunteers have devoted their time to hundreds of projects, including on-the-ground programs that address food insecurity, and virtual programs that focus on education, mental wellness, and physical health**
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Baby, Unplugged by Sophie Brickman
There seems to be an app or device for nearly every aspect of parenting today, from monitoring your baby and entertaining your toddler to connecting with other parents for tips, tricks, and socializing. It’s easy for parents to become overwhelmed with all the choices of which gadgets to use and when, but what if you didn’t have to? Well, for all the parents of preschoolers or younger, here’s the simple truth: with very few exceptions, technology for kids under the age of five is basically worthless.
The same goes for parent-targeted tech shilled out by Silicon Valley, from apps that track your child’s weight to Mommas’ groups on social media that purport to trump real world friendships. If you want to raise a resilient, smart, successful human and minimize your parenting anxiety, shove your phone in the freezer and forget about it. You don’t need to take any more photos of your kids—which is distracting and takes you out of the moment—or buy any more gadgets that promise to make your kids even more perfect than they already are.
This is the parenting philosophy of journalist and writer Sophie Brickman, mother of two with a third on the way, and the author of the new book, BABY, UNPLUGGED: One Mother’s Search for Balance, Reason, and Sanity in the Digital Age (HarperOne; September 7, 2021). After talking with experts, academics, doctors, and innovators, Brickman wrote this eye-opening parenting book in which she explores the impact of our tech-saturated world on children and their parents. She argues that putting young children in front of a screen is not only less enriching or educational than letting that same child play pretend, draw, read a book, or even be bored, according to experts, it’s just not great parenting. There are reasons we all do it, and it’s virtually impossible to scrub one’s life of tech altogether—but better, she thinks, that we know the ramifications before we press the “On” switch.
In BABY, UNPLUGGED, Brickman combines her very personal and often humorous story with in-depth research she garnered, sharing her journey of becoming a parent alongside her tech-loving husband. She encourages parents and caregivers to become more informed so they can make decisions that better reflect their children’s needs as well as their family’s value system. Introducing technology into a child’s life only when you must—and with very clear, informed parameters—is just the first step.
Sophie Brickman is a writer, reporter, and editor who has written for The New Yorker, the New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Elle, Saveur, the San Francisco Chronicle, and other outlets. Her work has also appeared in the Best Food Writing and the Best American Science Writing anthologies. A Harvard graduate, she lives in New York City with her husband and children.
Have kids? There’s an app for that…but is that a good thing?
The mother of two young daughters, journalist Sophie Brickman asked experts, academics, doctors, and innovators for advice and insight about the effects of technology on child-rearing and parenting. In BABY, UNPLUGGED: One Mother’s Search for Balance, Reason, and Sanity in the Digital Age (HarperOne; September 7, 2021) she offers an engaging, meticulously researched, and illuminating examination of the subject. With plenty of laughs interspersed throughout a charming personal narrative, she provides essential advice to parents on navigating the digital landscape and forging their own path through the morass of technological options.
BABY, UNPLUGGED answers the pressing questions parents are grappling with today, including:
- Why do we keep collecting all this baby data?
- How do online parenting groups compare to IRL?
- If you’re always capturing the moment on your phone, can you also be in it?
- Are smart toys better than analog blocks?
- At what age is screen time ok, and how can you choose the right thing to watch without forever scarring your kid?
- Is a Dr. Seuss eBook better than a Dr. Seuss board book?
BABY, UNPLUGGED brings together Brickman’s in-depth research and her own candid and often hilarious personal experience to help parents sort through the wide and confusing tech offerings available today.
Filled with relatable and entertaining stories as well as practical takeaways, BABY, UNPLUGGED is an important and timely exploration of modern parenting that will help parents restore faith in themselves as they go about the gargantuan task of raising good, social, and engaged citizens of the modern world. The book will be published September 7, 2021.
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Pony by R. J. Palacio
PONY, the highly anticipated new novel by R. J. Palacio—author of the blockbuster phenomenon Wonder, now the longest-running title on the New York Times middle-grade hardcover bestseller list—will release this fall 2021, it was announced today by Barbara Marcus, President and Publisher, Random House Children’s Books. The novel will be published on September 28, 2021, with a first printing of 500,000 copies, and edited by Palacio’s longtime editor Erin Clarke, Editorial Director, Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers. PONY will release simultaneously in the UK from Penguin Random House Children’s.
“Pony has been with me for quite some time,” says Palacio, “partly because it took me a while to figure out how to tell an epic tale in only 60,000 words, but mostly because it’s a very personal story for me. From the time I was very young, my greatest fear had always been that I’d somehow be left alone. It’s not an uncommon childhood fear, and this novel is about facing that fear, but it’s also about realizing that the connections we make in our lifetimes never really end. So, yes, it’s a story of resilience and courage, an adventure story in the most classic of ways, part American western, part ghost story—but for me, ultimately, it’s a story about love.”
PONY is the first novel from Palacio outside of the world and characters of her globally beloved debut, Wonder (2012). Set in the mid-1800s, PONY takes readers on a harrowing yet distinctly beautiful journey through the vast American landscape. It is a story of adventure, friendship, and the invisible bonds that connect us. Readers will meet a young boy that only Palacio could envision. Twelve-year-old Silas is awoken in the dead of night by three horsemen who have come to take his father away. Silas is left shaken, scared, and alone except for the presence of his companion, Mittenwool . . . who happens to be a ghost. When a mysterious pony shows up at his door the next morning, Silas knows what he has to do. He will set out on a perilous quest to find his father—an adventure that will connect him with his past and future, and the unknowable world around him.
PONY will resonate with both young readers and adults, those who love The Yearling or The Black Stallion, and adult fans of True Grit or the lean, searing prose of Cormac McCarthy.
This literary masterpiece follows Palacio’s #1 New York Times bestselling novel Wonder and the New York Times bestselling graphic novel White Bird: A Wonder Story. Wonder has been published in more than 50 languages and remains on the New York Times bestseller list, where it has spent over nine years, including 199 weeks at #1. Since its publication in 2012, Wonder has taken the children’s publishing world by storm, launching an international “Choose Kind” movement, “kindness curricula” in classrooms across the country, a major motion picture and four additional books in the world of Wonder: Auggie & Me: Three Wonder Stories; 365 Days of Wonder; a picture book We’re All Wonders; and a graphic novel White Bird: A Wonder Story, in addition to a licensed merchandising program. Together, Palacio’s titles have sold more than 16 million copies worldwide.
“Pony is the right book coming at the right time,” says Clarke. “It has the makings of a modern classic. A bighearted and bold story, Pony celebrates generosity, finding courage in the most unlikely places, and the beauty and tenderness of the human experience. Ten years ago Auggie Pullman taught the world to Choose Kind, and now Silas Bird teaches the world to Choose Love.”
North American open market rights for PONY were sold by Alyssa Eisner Henkin of Birch Path Literary, when she was at Trident Media Group.
PONY is available for pre-order now.
Lionsgate’s 2017 film adaptation of Wonder was a global box office hit and received an Academy Award® nomination for Best Achievement in Makeup and Hairstyling. The star-studded cast included Academy Award® winner Julia Roberts, Oscar® nominee Owen Wilson, Jacob Tremblay, and Daveed Diggs. Produced by Mandeville Films’ Todd Lieberman and David Hoberman, the film is directed by Stephen Chbosky (writer and director of The Perks of Being a Wallflower) from a screenplay by Jack Thorne, Steve Conrad, and Stephen Chbosky. The film was also co-produced by Walden Media and Participant Media and distributed by TIK Films in China.
A film adaptation of White Bird: A Wonder Story will be released by Lionsgate and is expected to be in theaters everywhere on September 16, 2022, with a star-studded cast that includes Helen Mirren and Gillian Anderson. Produced by Todd Lieberman and David Hoberman of Mandeville Pictures, as well as R. J. Palacio’s 1000JARS Productions, the film is directed by Marc Forster from a screenplay by Mark Bomback.
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Last Best Hope: America in Crisis and Renewal by George Packer
★ “Sharp and concise analysis . . . A thought-provoking study in civics, history, and the decline and fall of self-government.” —Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
America in Crisis and Renewal
By George Packer
Acclaimed National Book Award-winning author George Packer diagnoses America’s descent into a failed state, and envisions a path forward
In Last Best Hope, George Packer traces the devastating blows that our nation suffered in 2020 back to their sources. He explores the four narratives that now dominate American life: Free America, which imagines a nation of separate individuals and serves the interests of corporations and the wealthy; Smart America, the world view of Silicon Valley and the professional elite; Real America, the white Christian nationalism of the heartland; and Just America, which sees citizens as members of identity groups that inflict or suffer oppression.
In lively and biting prose, Packer shows that none of these narratives can sustain a democracy. To point a more hopeful way forward, he looks for a common American identity and finds it in the passion for equality―the “hidden code”―that Americans of diverse persuasions have held for centuries. Today, we are challenged again to fight for equality and renew what Alexis de Tocqueville called “the art” of self-government. In its strong voice and trenchant analysis, Last Best Hope is an essential contribution to the literature of national renewal.
“In the great tradition of Richard Hofstadter, but with a reporter’s eye, George Packer has given us a thoughtful and ultimately hopeful book about crisis and opportunity. Americans seeking to understand our current moment—which is to say, most Americans—will find much to profitably ponder in these pages.” —Jon Meacham
★ “Sharp and concise analysis . . . A thought-provoking study in civics, history, and the decline and fall of self-government.”—Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
“George Packer has written a small but big book. The end of the pandemic should be pure joy, but the fact that a public health crisis deepened our divisions has weighed down our hearts. Is there anything that could glue us together as one people? Packer answers yes. And the case he makes in doing so provides the vaccine I have most wanted—hope.”—Atul Gawande, surgeon and author of Being Mortal and The Checklist Manifesto
“In Last Best Hope, George Packer retells the story of 2020, offering an original account of the fracturing of the country’s mind and suggesting how we might restore unity. Ranging from Tocqueville to Trump, this extended essay will provoke you to think harder about America’s past as well as America’s future.” —Anne Applebaum, author of Twilight of Democracy and Gulag
“In the summer of 2020, America seemed to divide into two different nations. Anyone who observed the crack-up will cherish this flinty analysis, which offers new insights into how Americans from Frances Perkins to Bayard Rustin to those who stormed the U.S. Capitol have understood and defined freedom. The result is a clear-eyed explanation of how a progressive nation can be a unified one.”
—John H. McWhorter, professor of linguistics at Columbia University
George Packer is an award-winning author and staff writer at The Atlantic. His previous books include The Unwinding: An Inner History of the New America (winner of the National Book Award), The Assassins’ Gate: America in Iraq, and Our Man: Richard Holbrooke and the End of the American Century (winner of the Hitchens Prize and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for biography). He is also the author of two novels and a play, and the editor of a two-volume edition of the essays of George Orwell.
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Anthro-Vision: How Anthropology Can Explain Business and Life
“Whether you’re marketing Kit-Kats in Japan or fighting the spread of COVID-19 in England, you need a more qualitative understanding of who people are and what they care about. To solve twenty-first-century problems, we must expand our fields of vision and fill in old blind spots with new empathy.” —Melinda Gates, Co-Chair of Gates Foundation
Anthro-Vision: How Anthropology Can Explain Business and Life
By Gillian Tett
“Rather brilliant… Tett’s anthropological approach adds academic rigour and richness.” —The UK Times
“Breezily readable . . . The book distinguishes itself neatly from most single-idea business manuals with its thread of anthropology.” —Guardian
“Highly intelligent, enjoyable and enlivened by a string of vivid case studies . . . Refreshingly unorthodox.” —Financial Times
A new wave of anthropological research is transforming how the world does business.
This book reveals how. For over a century, anthropologists have immersed themselves in unfamiliar cultures, uncovering the hidden rituals that govern how people act. Now, a new generation of anthropologists are using these methods in a new context – to illuminate the behavior of businesses and consumers around the globe.
In Anthro-Vision: How Anthropology Can Explain Business and Life (Simon & Schuster; June 8, 2021), Gillian Tett — bestselling author, Financial Times journalist, and renowned anthropologist — reveals how anthropology can help make sense of the corporate world. She explains how to identify the ‘webs of meaning’ that underpin consumers’ behavior on the other side of the planet. She reveals why ‘sense-making’ can explain the most erratic behavior of Wall Street bankers, and why concealed systems of barter shape our relationship with Silicon Valley. She delves into the cultural shifts driving investment in new markets and green issues. And she reveals what anthropology can tell us about our own workplaces, too: by identifying the hidden tribes within the office, or pinpointing which rituals are binding together a team.
Along the way, Tett draws on stories from Tajik villages and Amazon warehouses, Japanese classrooms and City trading floors, all to reveal the power of anthropology in action.
The result is a revelatory way to explain human behavior. In a short-sighted world, we can all learn to see clearly – using the power of Anthro-Vision.
Gillian Tett is the chairman of the US editorial board and editor-at-large at the Financial Times. Perhaps best known for predicting the 2007–8 financial crisis, Tett’s bestselling book Fool’s Gold was one of the definitive books on the crash. Tett holds a PhD in social anthropology from the University of Cambridge, where she studied marriage rituals in Tajikistan. Her work for the FT has taken her around the world – from Brussels to Tokyo to Moscow to New York– and won her numerous awards, including Columnist, Journalist and Business Journalist of the Year prizes at the British Press Awards.
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Four Thousand Weeks by Oliver Burkeman
“This is the most important book ever written about time management. Oliver Burkeman offers a searing indictment of productivity hacking and profound insights on how to make the best use of our scarcest, most precious resource.”— #1 New York Times bestselling author Adam GrantWe’re living on borrowed time. “The average human lifetime is absurdly, terrifyingly, insultingly short,” says acclaimed author and writer Oliver Burkeman. If we’re lucky enough to live until we’re 80, we get just four thousand weeks. Yet most of us spend much of that time over-extended, feeling pressured to meet impossible societal demands—to “get everything done”—rather than optimizing our enjoyment of the time we have through meaningful work and building fulfilling lives with those we love.The pandemic brought home just how short life is and caused many of us to rethink how to better apportion our time between jobs, family, friends and community. Most time management gurus preach becoming more efficient and maximizing every minute. But Burkeman contends that approach doesn’t meet the post-pandemic moment and leaves us more stressed, anxious, and isolated from each other.In his new book, FOUR THOUSAND WEEKS: Time Management for Mortals (on sale August 10, 2021), Burkeman provides a thought-provoking blend of philosophical musings and practical advice on how to shed our self-imposed expectations. He says the real solution may seem counterintuitive and at first a little scary: we need to acknowledge our limits, embrace the joys of missing out, focus on getting meaningful things done and let the rest go.ViewIn FOUR THOUSAND WEEKS: Time Management for Mortals (Farrar, Straus and Giroux; 978-0-374-60313-7; August 10, 2021), Burkeman offers a truly revolutionary, “anti-time-management” approach to the way we live. Drawing on history, philosophy and science—but most saliently on the familiar experiences of all of our everyday lives—he inks a blueprint for less stressful living. We must accept the truth of our finitude and make choices, Burkeman insists. A self-described recovering “productivity geek” himself, Burkeman invites us to drop the futile struggle to carry off the impossible and focus on what’s “gloriously possible” instead, escape the “efficiency trap,” and find our moorings by making peace with “settling.” Burkeman explains why:· The central challenge of time management isn’t becoming more efficient, it’s deciding what to neglect· Trying to clear the decks is impossible: the decks just fill up again faster· Patience—the willingness to let things take the time they take—is a superpower· In a world of limitless choice, burning your bridges beats keeping your options open· The lure of too much convenience can erode the pleasures of life· We’ve fallen out of sync with each other: communal ritual is enrichingPractical as well as thought-provoking, FOUR THOUSAND WEEKS also offers useful tools for embracing our finitude.“I began this book before the pandemic, but I honestly think it couldn’t be more timely,” Burkeman says. “The last year left many of us feeling utterly unmoored from our familiar routines. As we re-emerge, we have a unique opportunity to reconsider what we’re doing with our time – to construct lives that do justice to the outrageous brevity, and shimmering possibilities, of our four thousand weeks.”Oliver Burkeman is the author of The Antidote: Happiness for People Who Can’t Stand Positive Thinking and wrote a popular long-running column on psychology for The Guardian, “This Column Will Change Your Life.” His work has appeared in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Psychologies, and New Philosopher. He lives in New York City. His website is www.oliverburkeman.com/books. -
THE GOLD STANDARD By Colin Cowie
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THE GOLD STANDARD: GIVING YOUR CUSTOMERS WHAT THEY DIDN’T KNOW THEY WANTED
by COLIN COWIE
In his storied career as one of the world’s most sought-after event planners, Colin Cowie has weathered numerous economic upheavals and many cultural changes. Yet, like all of us, he had never before faced a black swan event like the COVID-19 pandemic. With his trademark energy and vision, however, Cowie embraced a proactive response to the new challenges facing his company, doubling down on his core values of impeccable customer service and creating singular experiences for his clients.
More than ever, Cowie understands, setting your business apart is the way to survive and thrive in the new post-pandemic normal, and setting your business apart is all about customer experience. In The Gold Standard: Giving Your Customers What They Didn’t Know They Wanted, (HarperCollins Leadership; 978-1-4002-2400-5; September 7, 2021), the man whose clients number royalty, celebrities, and business luminaries around the globe shares his formula for cultivating and perfecting the premier consumer experience. “In today’s world consumers are overwhelmed with choices in every aspect of their lives,” Cowie says. “We live in a buyer’s world. It’s up to you to identify and meet their needs, not the other way around…Your customer has choices, and you still want the product or service they buy to come from you.”
To grab attention in a saturated market, you not only have to have the right product or service, but you must make the customer’s experience a priority. You need to know what your customers want before they do. To achieve this magic requires creativity, flexibility, and attention to detail. Today, perceived “luxury” brands are ubiquitous, so the true new luxury is getting great customer service. Serving up an unforgettable customer experience, Cowie reveals, includes making an emotional connection with them, listening to and catering to their needs and tastes, and going the extra mile. Be proactive, not just reactive, when dealing with a customer’s complaints—and always resolve those complaints with a sincere apology and by making things right—go above and beyond their expectations, even if that means a financial loss for the business.
The difference between survival and success, Cowie says, begins within your company’s culture. Know your brand, present it well to the world, and reinforce it with your own example, because your brand is what customers think of when they think of you. If you have employees, they should fully understand and reflect the ethos of the company and the brand as well. If you lead with the best version of yourself, your team will follow. And you always need to be looking ahead. Failures are inevitable, but not fatal. Be agile and ready to pivot when the business environment changes—a lesson the pandemic made all to clear.
As he maps out specific ways for you to provide peerless customer service, Cowie breezily illustrates his proven methods with stories from his own career working with everyone from Oprah to Kim Kardashian to Nicole Kidman, and with major corporations and cultural institutions around the world. And he draws on his own experiences as a world-travelling customer himself. THE GOLD STANDARD arrives on the cusp of a brave new world in business and beyond, and no one is a better guide to success—or knows more about doing things with style—than Colin Cowie.
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Sandi Mendelson, [email protected], or Emily Willette, [email protected].
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Colin Cowie arrived in the United States from South Africa in 1985. His intelligence, personality, and stylish sensibility led him into the fast-paced, glamorous world of planning over-the-top parties for royalty, celebrities, and business luminaries. Respected around the world as an arbiter of style, Cowie has been at the forefront of event and wedding planning for the past 25 years, creating trends and raising the bar for providing the ultimate guest experience. In addition to Oprah Winfrey, his celebrity clients include Jennifer Lopez, Ryan Seacrest, Kim Kardashian, Lil Wayne, Nicole Kidman, and Demi Moore, to name a few. Cowie’s corporate clients include Dom Perignon, Warner Bros., CBS, The Whitney Museum, Architectural Digest, Cosmopolitan and Style. His previous books include Dinner After Dark, Colin Cowie Chic: The Guide to Life As It Should Be, and Colin Cowie Wedding Chic. Cowie’s latest book, The Gold Standard: Giving Your Customers What They Didn’t Know They Wanted, will be released by HarperCollins Leadership on September 7, 2021.
Advance Praise for THE GOLD STANDARD:
“Let’s face it, at some level, we’re all in the service business, regardless of our profession. If you are looking for a way to get the most positive reaction to whatever you do, get The Gold Standard.” —Ryan Seacrest, Emmy Award Winning Television Host and Producer
“Colin Cowie’s events are the gold standard for creating unforgettable experiences. His relentless pursuit of excellence sets him apart in the customer service industry. Following his advice, you will impress your customers and keep them coming back for more.”
—Susan Dell, Philanthropist, MSD Capital
“If your goal is consistent excellence, The Gold Standard offers you far more than you expect. Everyone who works with me is going to have a copy!“
—Eric Ripert, Chef and Owner, Le Bernardin, Bestselling Cookbook Author and Television Personality
“Frankly, it’s the best first-person analysis I’ve read on the topic of customer service. It’s an enjoyable read with unforgettable practical advice you can put into use immediately.”
—Ken Blanchard, The Ken Blanchard Companies, Co-author of Bestsellers, The New One Minute Manager and Raving Fans
“Colin is the epitome of The Gold Standard.”
—John Carlton Tolbert, Blackstone Real Estate Hotels & Resorts and Founder, Revelation Consultancy
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WILDLAND by Evan Osnos
“Visionary in scope, compassionate in procedure, Wildland brilliantly transmutes our national chaos into absorbing narrative order. Evan Osnos has penned a definitive portrait of what we have allowed ourselves to become, a nation reaping the harvest that long negligence has sown.”
—Ayad Akhtar, author of Homeland Elegies
W I L D L A N D: The Making of America’s Fury
by Evan Osnos
National Book Award-winning author of Age of Ambition
After a decade abroad, the National Book Award– and Pulitzer Prize–winning writer Evan Osnos returns to three places he has lived in the United States—Greenwich, CT; Clarksburg, WV; and Chicago, IL—to illuminate the origins of America’s political fury.
“In this richly reported, beautifully written book, Evan Osnos chronicles two decades of American anger, fury, and political dysfunction. He shows how, from the 9/11 attacks to the January 6th siege of the Capitol, a culture of fear and greed has taken hold, leading to endless war, pervasive mistrust, and the unravelling of the civic project. Osnos gives us a riveting tale of dark times, told with a pathos and humanity that prompts hope of something better.”
—Michael J. Sandel, author of The Tyranny of Merit
“Evan Osnos’s Wildland is a reportorial tour de force, describing the kaleidoscopic changes that threaten to cause America to come apart at the seams. He deftly connects the dots between the hedge-fund billionaires of Greenwich, Connecticut, the opioid-soaked towns of Appalachia, and the gun-heavy gangs of Chicago. By turning his trained eye as a former foreign correspondent on his own country, Osnos paints an indelible picture that is heart-rending, appalling and hard to put down.”
—Jane Mayer, author of Dark Money
Evan Osnos moved to Washington, D.C., in 2013 after a decade away from the United States, first as the Beijing bureau chief at the Chicago Tribune and then as the China correspondent for The New Yorker. While abroad, he often found himself making a case for America, urging the citizens of Egypt, Iraq, or China to trust that even though America had made grave mistakes throughout its history, it aspired to some foundational moral commitments: the rule of law, the power of truth, the right of equal opportunity for all. But when he returned to the United States, he found each of these principles under assault.
In search of an explanation for the crisis that reached an unsettling crescendo in 2020—a year of pandemic, civil unrest, and political turmoil—he focused on three places he knew firsthand: Greenwich, Connecticut; Clarksburg, West Virginia; and Chicago, Illinois. Reported over the course of six years, Wildland follows ordinary individuals as they navigate the varied landscapes of twenty-first-century America. Through their powerful, often poignant stories, Osnos traces the sources of America’s political dissolution.
A dramatic, prescient examination of seismic changes in American politics and culture, Wildland is the story of a crucible, a period bounded by two shocks to America’s psyche, two assaults on the country’s sense of itself: the attacks of September 11 in 2001 and the storming of the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021. Following the lives of everyday Americans in three cities and across two decades, Osnos illuminates the country in a startling light, revealing how we lost the moral confidence to see ourselves as larger than the sum of our parts.
Evan Osnos is a staff writer at The New Yorker, a CNN contributor, and a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution. Based in Washington D.C., he writes about politics and foreign affairs. He was the China Correspondent at The New Yorker from 2008 to 2013. His first book, Age of Ambition: Chasing Fortune, Truth, and Faith in the New China, won the 2014 National Book Award and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. In 2020, he published the international bestseller, Joe Biden: The Life, the Run, and What Matters Now, based on interviews with Biden, Barack Obama, and others. Prior to The New Yorker, Osnos worked as the Beijing bureau chief of the Chicago Tribune, where he contributed to a series that won the 2008 Pulitzer Prize for investigative reporting. Before his appointment in China, he worked in the Middle East, reporting mostly from Iraq. He and his wife, Sarabeth Berman, have two children.
Photo credit: Peter Marovich
Wildland, by Evan Osnos, will be published in hardcover by Farrar, Straus and Giroux on September 14, 2021 (978-0-374-28668-5 | $30.00 | 480 pages). For more information, please contact Sarita Varma, Vice President / Director of Publicity: [email protected]. Further praise for Evan Osnos and his prior books
Age of Ambition: Chasing Fortune, Truth, and Faith in the New China (2014)
Winner of the 2014 National Book Award for Nonfiction | Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in General Nonfiction
A best book of the year: The Washington Post, The Economist, Publishers Weekly, The Guardian, The Christian Science Monitor, Electric Literature, Politics and Prose
“Evan Osnos has shown that it is still possible to write an illuminating, knowledgeable, absorbing and nuanced book about contemporary China. His Age of Ambition is by far the most thoughtful and well-crafted work on China written by an American journalist in recent years. What sets it apart from other reportage about China is the combination of fascinating storytelling, elegant writing, ingenious contextualization and deep insights.”
—Minxin Pei, San Francisco Chronicle
“Thoughtful and lively . . . Fans of [Osnos’s] ‘Letters From China’ are well acquainted with his knack for crafting telling portraits both of Chinese movers and shakers and the laobaixing, or ordinary folk, finding in their small, individual triumphs and tribulations larger truths about a country so vast, varied and contradictory that it often defies description, let alone interpretation . . . Osnos has adeptly chronicled the remarkable changes in the personal lives of the Chinese populace over the last 35 years, the tension that now animates the public-state relationship and the ideological stalemate bogging society down.”
—Julie Makinen, Los Angeles Times
“Osnos takes his reporting a step further, illuminating what he calls China’s Gilded Age, its appetites, challenges and dilemmas, in a way few have done . . . Masterful.”
—John Pomfret, The Washington Post
“A riveting and troubling portrait of a people in a state of extreme anxiety about their identity, values and future. Mr. Osnos paints a China rived by moral crisis and explosive frustration, whose citizens are desperate to achieve wealth, even as they are terrified of being left with nothing.”
—Judith Shapiro, The New York Times Book Review
“This is the golden age of writing about China . . . [Age of Ambition] is another great illustration . . . It is wryly funny throughout, laughing with rather than laughing at the absurdities of daily life in China; without being too obvious about the point, it conveys how contradictory and sometimes out-of-control the contending realities in China are; and it gives a clear sense of the mixed nature of China’s modern ‘rise.’ Plus it’s fun to read.”
—James Fallows, The Atlantic
“Age of Ambition is a splendid and entertaining picture of 21st-century China, painted by a young American who moves with ease around the country rather like one of Mao Zedong’s proverbial fishes.”
—Michael Fathers, The Wall Street Journal
“[Osnos] tells a collection of stories that defy easy conclusions about where China is headed . . . China’s Gilded Age has been every bit as fascinating, colorful and tragic as our own—and Evan Osnos offers an engrossing account of it.”
—Mary E. Gallagher, Chicago Tribune
“Moving and illuminating . . . The stories of China’s strivers are remarkable . . . [Osnos’s] descriptions are always on target.”
—Mike Revzin, The Christian Science Monitor
“Beautifully written . . . The most compelling accounts in Age of Ambition involve neither politics nor fame, but instead the extraordinary experiences of absolutely ordinary citizens . . . An absolute must-read.”
—Edward Steinfeld, Harvard Magazine
“Osnos combines scintillating reportage with an eye for telling ironies that illuminate broader trends; without downplaying the uniqueness of Chinese society, he makes its tensions feel achingly familiar for Western readers.”
—Publishers Weekly (starred review)
Joe Biden: The Life, the Run, and What Matters Now (2020)
A Financial Times Best Book of 2020
“Evan Osnos is an immensely talented reporter . . . Joe Biden ably takes the measure of the man and the politician, presenting a picture of the Democratic nominee that is in a few ways unexpected.”
—David Greenberg, The Washington Post
“Osnos has presented us with significant insights into the life of a singular man who has been in national public life for over forty-seven years . . . Osnos has done an exceptional job of capturing the essence of Biden with all his strengths and weaknesses, from his lengthy and sometimes meandering answers to questions, his inappropriate tactile relationship with female supporters, his working relationships with segregationist senators in the past, his knowledge of foreign relations and many of their leaders, and his general ability to relate to the common working man and woman.”
—Paul Markowitz, The National Book Review
“Osnos, who has been writing about Biden for years for The New Yorker, believes he could be more radical in office than people who have tracked his career might believe . . . [A] beautifully written short volume.”
—Edward Luce, Financial Times
“Osnos has written a fast-paced biography that draws on extensive interviews with his subject, as well as with Obama and a host of Democratic party heavyweights.”
—Julian Borger, The Guardian
“This useful account will help readers understand Biden’s mindset and suggests a blueprint for the next four years.”
—Karl Helicher, Library Journal
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NANNY DEAREST by Flora Collins
“Flora Collins is a sure-handed and inventive suspense novelist, and NANNY DEAREST is an impressive, immersive novel sure to be a big hite. I loved it.”– Adriana Trigiani, best selling novelist of The Good Left Undone“A well-crafted debut . . . horrifying . . . Psychological thriller fans won’t be disappointed.”—Publishers Weekly“Nanny Dearest is not just an entertaining suspense novel but a therapeutic one for any adult who has faced disturbing holes in the family tree. Unsettling, compelling, elegantly paced—Flora Collins’ debut is a slick, contemporary novel that explores the wispy, nagging memories of childhood, the dark side of relationships, and the unrelenting desire to be loved.”—Julia Heaberlin, internationally bestselling author of We Are All the Same in The DarkViewThe intimate and unique relationship between a nanny, essentially a surrogate for an absent parent, and a malleable child, is always an intriguing one. Drawing on personal experiences and her own family history, Flora Collins explores this infatuous bond in her compulsively readable domestic suspense debut NANNY DEAREST (on-sale: December 1, 2021; MIRA Books; $16.99), where a woman takes comfort in reconnecting with her childhood nanny after her father’s death, until the dark secrets the nanny has been holding for twenty years begin to unfold. Perfect for fans of The Turn of the Key and The Perfect Nanny, NANNY DEAREST examines both sides of the obsessive relationship between a nanny and her grown-up charge and brings a much-needed refresh to the genre.
Set in New York city and upstate New York, NANNY DEAREST is the story of twenty-five year-old Sue Keller, a young woman reeling from the recent death of her father, a particularly painful loss given that Sue’s mother died of cancer when she was only three. At just this moment of vulnerability comes Anneliese Whitaker, Sue’s former nanny from her childhood days in upstate New York.
Sue, craving connection and mothering, is only too eager to welcome Annie back into her life; but as they become inseparable once again, Sue begins to uncover the truth about Annie’s unsettling time in the Keller house all those years ago, particularly the manner of her departure – or rather dismissal. At the same time, she begins to grow increasingly alarmed for the safety of the two new charges currently in Annie’s care.
Told in alternating points of views, switching between Annie in the mid-90s and Sue in the present day, this is a taut novel of suspense that will keep readers reeling.
Please let me know if I can send you an ARC or e-copy of this smart and compelling debut. I look forward to your thoughts!
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Flora Collins was born and raised in New York City and has never left, except for a four-year stint at Vassar College. When she’s not writing, she moonlights as a content manager for a tech start-up. NANNY DEAREST is her first novel and draws upon personal experiences from her own family history.
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SOLID IVORY by James Ivory
“Over 20 films. Over 40 years. What collaboration in any medium has lasted so long, been so successful, so personal, so happy? James Ivory met Ismail Merchant (in 1961) and Ruth Prawer Jhabvala (in 1962), and one of the earliest, most durable, most independent of independent film families came to life. The widest varieties of stories (neorealist memoirs, literary adaptations, avant garde experiments) and settings (England, France, Italy, India, the Americas North and South); the broadest collection of superb actors and artists (Vanessa Redgrave, Paul Newman, Anthony Hopkins, Shashi Kapoor, Maggie Smith, Subrata Mitra!). Read this wonderfully entertaining book: a unique story of a unique life in the world of world cinema.”
—Wes Anderson, Academy Award-winning filmmaker
In Solid Ivory, which FSG is very excited to publish on November 2, the Academy Award–winning filmmaker James Ivory, a partner in the legendary Merchant Ivory Productions and director of A Room with a View, Howards End, Maurice, and The Remains of the Day, tells stories from the remarkable life and career of one of the most influential directors of his time in a carefully crafted mosaic of memories, portraits, and reflections. At times, they touch on his love affairs as he looks back with unexpected frankness.
From first meeting his longtime collaborator and life partner Ismail Merchant at the Indian Consulate in New York to winning an Academy Award at eighty-nine for Call Me by Your Name; from seeing his first film at five in Klamath Falls, Oregon, to memories of Satyajit Ray, Federico Fellini, Vanessa Redgrave, George Cukor, Kenneth Clark, Bruce Chatwin, Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, and Ismail Merchant—Ivory writes with invariable fluency, wit, and perception about what made him who he is and how he made the movies for which he is known and loved.
Solid Ivory, edited by Peter Cameron, is an utterly winning portrait of an extraordinary life told by an unmatched storyteller.
James Ivory is an Academy Award–winning director, producer, and screenwriter. His directorial work includes A Room with a View, Howards End, and The Remains of the Day, for each of which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director. In 2017, he won an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for Call Me by Your Name. He has also won three BAFTA Awards, a Directors Guild of America Lifetime Achievement Award, and a Writers Guild of America Award, among many other honors.
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Peter Cameron’s novels include What Happens at Night, Coral Glynn, Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You, and The City of Your Final Destination. He is also the author of three collections of short fiction, and more than ten of his stories have been published in The New Yorker. He has taught writing at Sarah Lawrence College, Yale University, and Columbia University. -
THE BASEBALL 100 by Joe Posnanski
Acclaimed baseball writer Joe Posnanski has published The Baseball 100; an audacious, singular, and masterly book that took a lifetime to write. The entire story of baseball rings through a countdown of 100 greatest players in history, with a foreword by George Will and published in partnership with The Athletic. The Baseball 100 is published by Avid Reader Press an imprint of Simon & Schuster.
An instant classic of baseball literature and a must-read for any fan, The Baseball 100 is a one-of-a-kind work by award-winning sportswriter Joe Posnanski that tells the story of the game through the remarkable lives of its 100 greatest players. In the book’s foreword, Pulitzer Prize–winning commentator George Will marvels, “Posnanski must already have lived more than two hundred years. How else could he have acquired such a stock of illuminating facts and entertaining stories about the rich history of this endlessly fascinating sport?”
Baseball’s legends come alive in these pages, which are not merely rankings but vibrant profiles of the game’s all-time greats. Posnanski dives into the biographies of iconic Hall of Famers, stars of the Negro Leagues, forgotten heroes, talents of today, and more. He doesn’t just rely on records and statistics—he lovingly retraces players’ origins, illuminates their characters, and places their accomplishments in the context of baseball’s past and present. Just how good a pitcher is Clayton Kershaw in the twenty-first-century game relative to Greg Maddux dueling the juiced hitters of the nineties? How does the career and influence of Hank Aaron compare to Babe Ruth? Which player in the top ten most deserves to be resurrected from history?
Engrossing, surprising, and heartfelt, The Baseball 100 is a magisterial tribute to the game of baseball and the stars who played it.
About the Author
Joe Posnanski is the New York Times bestselling author of Paterno, The Machine, and The Secret of Golf. He is a Senior Writer for The Athletic after serving in the same role with MLB, NBC Sports, and Sports Illustrated, and co-founder of Passions in America. He was named National Sportswriter of the Year by the Sports Media Hall of Fame and, as columnist for the Kansas City Star, was twice named the best sports columnist in America by the Associated Press Sports Editors. He is a two-time Emmy winner as part of NBC Sports Olympic coverage, and his first book “The Soul of Baseball,” won The Casey Award as best baseball book.
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COMPETING WITH IDIOTS by Nick Davis
COMPETING WITH IDIOTS
A fascinating, complex dual biography of Hollywood’s most intriguing—and success—brothers, and a dark, riveting portrait of competition, love, and enmity that ultimately undid them both.
One most famous for having written Citizen Kane (with Orson Welles, most recently portrayed in David Fincher’s acclaimed Netflix film, Mank); the other, All About Eve; one, who only wrote screenplays but believed himself to be a serious playwright, slowly dying of alcoholism and disappointment; the other, a four-time Academy Award-winning director, auteur, sorcerer, and seducer of leading ladies, one of Hollywood’s most literate and intelligent filmmakers.
Herman Mankiewicz brought us the Marx Brothers’ Monkey Business, Horse Feathers, Duck Soup, W. C. Fields’s Million Dollar Legs, wrote screenplays for Dinner at Eight, Pride of the Yankees, cowrote Citizen Kane (Pauline Kael proclaimed that the script was mostly Herman’s), and eighty-nine others . . . Talented, witty (Alexander Woollcott thought him “the funniest man who ever lived,”), huge-hearted, wildly immature, a figure of renown and success.
Herman went to Hollywood in 1926, was almost immediately successful (his telegram to Hecht back east: “MILLIONS ARE TO BE GRABBED OUT HERE AND YOUR ONLY COMPETITION IS IDIOTS. DON’T LET THIS GET AROUND.”), becoming one of the highest-paid screenwriters in Hollywood . . .
Joe, eleven years younger, focused, organized, a disciplined writer, with a far more distinguished career, surpassing his worshipped older brother . . . producing The Philadelphia Story, writing and directing A Letter to Three Wives and All About Eve, both of which won him Oscars for writing and directing (All About Eve received a record fourteen Oscar nominations), before seeing his career upended by the spectacular fiasco of Cleopatra . . .
In this large, moving portrait, meticulously woven together by the grandson of Herman, great-nephew of Joe, we see the lives of these two men–their dreams and desires, their fears and feuds, struggling to free themselves from their dark past; and the driving forces that kept them bound to a system they loved and hated.
At the same time, Nick Davis has a 2nd passion project that’s coming out at the very same moment in September: a 4-hour ESPN 30 for 30 documentary on the 1986 Mets and their World Series comeback “Once Upon A Time in Queens” executive produced by Jimmy Kimmel and MLB’s Nick Trotta.
NICK DAVIS is a writer, director, and producer. He lives in New York City and is available for interviews.
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The Collected Works of Jim Morrison by James Douglas Morrison
Harper Design, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, has published THE
COLLECTED WORKS OF JIM MORRISON—an almost 600-page anthology of the
writings of the late poet and iconic Doors’ front man. Created in collaboration with Morrison’s
estate and inspired by a posthumously discovered list entitled “Plan for Book,” this landmark
publication is the definitive opus of his creative output—and the book he intended to publish.
Throughout, a compelling mix of 160 visual components accompanies the text: an abundance of
previously unpublished material, including excerpts from his 28 privately held notebooks, with
numerous examples written in his hand. An array of personal images and commentary on the
work by Morrison himself rounds out this highly collectible volume, which includes a foreword
by Tom Robbins, introduction and notes by Morrison’s close friend Frank Lisciandro, and a
prologue by Morrison’s sister, Anne Morrison Chewning.Executive Editor Elizabeth Sullivan says, “Jim Morrison is an enduring, influential force in the
world of entertainment as well as one of the most notable poets of his generation. The Collected
Works of Jim Morrison is a highly curated anthology of his prodigious creative output. This is an
exceptional collection we’re thrilled and honored to publish in conjunction with Jim’s family,
Jennifer Gates at Aevitas, and the incredible support of JAM, Inc., the estate’s manager, who
gave us unprecedented access to the Morrison archives.”The accompanying audiobook makes available for the first time the full recording of Morrison’s
last poetry recording session at the Village Recorder on his twenty-seventh birthday in 1970. A
complete transcript of the poems Jim read during the session is in the book as well.
“This is a historic moment,” Sullivan says. “The full digital audio book will not only include
Jim’s reading, but readings of his work by other artists, including Patti Smith and Oliver Ray.”
With a foreword by Tom Robbins, an introduction and notes by longtime Morrison friend,
photographer, and filmmaker Frank Lisciandro that provide insight to the work, and a prologue
by Morrison’s sister Anne Morrison Chewning, this remarkable collector’s item includes:- Complete self-published poems and writings such as “The New Creatures”; “The Lords: Notes
on Vision”; “An American Prayer”; “Ode to LA while thinking of Brian Jones, Deceased” - Published and unpublished song lyrics, with numerous examples in Morrison’s hand
- Published and unpublished work and a vast array of notebook writings such as “The
Anatomy of Rock,” “The Celebration of the Lizard,” “Dry Water,” “The American Night,” and
“Tape Noon” - The Paris notebook, believed to be Morrison’s final journal, reproduced at full reading size,
as well as excerpts from the journal he kept during his infamous Miami trial in 1970
This beautifully produced, oversized hardcover, designed by Michael Bierut and Jonny Sikov of
Pentagram, is not only the most comprehensive book of Morrison’s work ever published, it is
immersive, giving readers insight to the creative process of and offering access to the musings
and observations of an artist whom the poet Michael McClure called “one of the finest, clearest
spirits of our times.”
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
James Douglas Morrison (1943-1971) was a poet, filmmaker, screenwriter, and the lead singer of
as well as the lyricist and a composer for The Doors. Prior to his death, Morrison self-published
three limited-edition volumes of his poetry: The Lords/Notes on Vision (1969), The New
Creatures (1969), and An American Prayer (1970). Simon & Schuster published the combined
The Lords and the New Creatures in 1970. Posthumous editions of Morrison’s writings include
Wilderness: The Lost Writings of Jim Morrison, Volume I (1988) and The American Night: The
Lost Writings of Jim Morrison, Volume II (1990).
ABOUT HARPERCOLLINS PUBLISHERSHarperCollins Publishers is the second largest consumer book publisher in the world with
operations in 18 countries. With nearly two hundred years of history and more than 120 branded
imprints around the world, HarperCollins publishes approximately 10,000 new books every year
in 17 languages and has a print and digital catalog of more than 200,000 titles. Writing across
dozens of genres, HarperCollins authors include winners of the Nobel Prize, the Pulitzer Prize,
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RBG’s Brave and Brilliant Women by Nadine Epstein
RBG’S BRAVE AND BRILLIANT WOMEN
33 Jewish Women to Inspire Everyone
By Nadine Epstein; Introduction by Ruth Bader Ginsburg;
Illustrated by Bee Johnson
Nadine Epstein brings a new and intergenerational collection of brave and brilliant Jewish female role models to Delacorte Press’ list. RBG’S BRAVE AND BRILLIANT WOMEN: 33 Jewish Women to Inspire Everyone By Nadine Epstein; Introduction by Ruth Bader Ginsburg; Illustrated by Bee Johnson (Delacorte Press / On sale September 21, 2021 / Ages 10 and up) is a book featuring 33 women selected in collaboration with Ruth Bader Ginsburg and including an introduction written by the iconic Supreme Court justice herself. Justice Ginsburg, working with her friend, journalist Nadine Epstein, chose women she admired who refused to settle for the rules and beliefs of their time. Like the Justice herself, they dreamed big, worked hard, and forged their own paths to become who they deserved to be. These fascinating female heroines will inspire people of all ages and all faiths. In addition to some of her personal role models, they range from biblical women to women who she was honored to meet during her lifetime. Together, their stories chart the evolution of the struggle for women’s rights in the world.
Justice Ginsburg was eighty-six when she began this book, and physically frail. Even when she learned that her cancer had returned, she kept working on it. She was determined that this book would be part of her legacy. It was important to her that the stories of these women be told. The true star of the book is Justice Ginsburg herself: it tells the story of how she herself overcame gender discrimination to change the laws of the United States to make them fairer for all genders, and includes a powerful call to action for young people.
A portion of proceeds from this book will be donated to The Role Model Project in memory of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, to help inspire young people to identify and select role models, think about who they want to become and to make it happen.
Nadine Epstein is an award-winning journalist and editor-in-chief of Moment Magazine. Justice Ginsburg was one of her role models and she hopes this book, a true labor of love, will inspire people of all genders and ages. She is the founder of the The Role Model Project, You can visit her online at nadineepstein.com.
Bee Johnson is an illustrator living and working in Queens, New York. Her illustrations have appeared in places such as The New York Times, National Geographic, and The Washington Post. As the mother of two young daughters and a long-time admirer of the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, she took special pleasure in illustrating the many women of purpose and strength in this book. You can visit her online at beejohnson.com.
RBG’s Brave & Brilliant Women
Written by Nadine Epstein; Introduction by Ruth Bader Ginsburg; Illustrated by Bee Johnson
Delacorte Press | | 224 pages | Ages 10 and up
Random House Books for Young Readers is an imprint of Random House Children’s Books, the world’s largest English-language children’s trade book publisher. Random House Children’s Books is a division of Penguin Random House LLC.Visit us online at @RandomHouseKids | Facebook.com/RandomHouseKids | rhcbooks.com
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Charlotte and the Nutcracker by Charlotte Nebres
Random House Children’s Books is thrilled to publish this Holiday season, CHARLOTTE AND THE NUTCRACKER (Random House Books for Young Readers | On-sale December 1, 2021| Ages 4-8) by Charlotte Nebres and illustrated by Alea Marley. This beautifully illustrated, reimagined, modern take on the holiday favorite weaves together the classic Christmas tale of The Nutcracker and the true-life story of 12-year-old ballerina Charlotte Nebres, the first Black girl to play Marie in the New York City Ballet’s production.
The only thing Charlotte loves as much as ballet is Christmas. So, when she gets the opportunity to play Marie in the New York City Ballet’s The Nutcracker, she leaps at the chance. Dancing takes practice-hours of adjusting her arms and perfecting her jumps. With the help of her Trinidadian and Filipino families, encouragement from her sister, and a view of her mom and dad in the audience, Charlotte finds the strength to never give up.
In this spectacular debut full of fluid, dynamic illustrations, Charlotte provides readers with a multicultural tale of family, dance, and holiday cheer. At only 11 years old, Charlotte’s groundbreaking performance was covered by major media outlets including the New York Times, GMA, Essence, CBS, BET, the New York Post, and many more. Charlotte’s story is one of hard work, inspiration, and the sweetness that comes from never giving up.
Charlotte Nebres is a twelve-year-old pre-professional ballet dancer. Charlotte was the first Black dancer to be cast as Marie–the young heroine of “George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker”–in New York City Ballet’s show. Her history-making performance during the 2019 holiday season was covered by The New York Times, CBS News, Essence, GMA, and more. Charlotte is currently a student at the School of American Ballet. Charlotte lives in New Jersey with her parents, brother, and sister. Find her on Instagram at @charlottenebres.
Alea Marley is a children’s illustrator living and working in England. Her books include Everybody’s Somewhere by Cornelia Spelman, Loretta’s Gift by Pat Zietlow Miller, The Many Colours Of Harpreet Singh by Supriya Kelkar, and A Day So Gray by Marie Lamba. Find Alea online at aleamarley.co.uk, and on Instagram at @aleamarley.com.
CHARLOTTE AND THE NUTCRACKER
by Charlotte Nebres; illustrated by Alea Marley
Random House Books for Young Readers | Hardcover | On sale December 1, 2021
HC: 9780593374900 | 40 pages│ $17.99 U.S |. $23.99 Can. | Ages 4 – 8
ebook: 9780593374924 │ $10.99 U.S. $11.99 Can.
Also available as an audiobook from Listening Library.
Random House Children’s Books (rhcbooks.com) is the world’s largest English-language children’s trade book publisher. Creating books for toddlers through young adult readers, in all formats from board books to activity books to picture books, novels, and nonfiction, the imprints of Random House Children’s Books bring together award-winning authors and illustrators, world-famous franchise characters, and multimillion-copy series. Random House Children’s Books is a division of Penguin Random House LLC.
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COOK IT! The Dr. Seuss Cookbook for Kid Chefs by Daniel Gercke
BY NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING COOKBOOK AUTHOR DANIEL GERCKE
New York, NY — On January 4, 2022, Random House Children’s Books, together with Dr. Seuss Enterprises, will publish COOK IT! The Dr. Seuss Cookbook for Kid Chefs (Jan. 4, $19.99, ISBN 978-0-525-57959-5) by New York Times bestselling cookbook writer Daniel Gercke with photographs by Christopher Testani. The publication was announced today by Mallory Loehr, Executive Vice President & Publisher, Random House Books for Young Readers Group (RHCB). The perfect gift for budding chefs, this illustrated cookbook has 50 recipes inspired by the works of Dr. Seuss for children and grown-ups to cook together.
With classic Dr. Seuss artwork and characters, the simple, wholesome recipes in this unique cookbook are both fun to read and make—and will teach children essential cooking skills to get started in the kitchen and build confidence in their own cooking. The recipes, including ones like Pups in Cups, Star-Belly Peaches, and Warm Whisked Wocket Waffles, are organized by the cooking skills they require, making it easy for parents to find the right recipe for their child’s ability. Created specifically for children to use with adults—and written partially in rhyme!—this book is filled with bright, beautiful photographs by acclaimed photographer Christopher Testani, and accompanied by classic artwork from twenty-one different books by Dr. Seuss. The format of the book has a sturdy lay-flat binding that makes it easy to use in the kitchen.
“We couldn’t be more thrilled to bring this cookbook to the kitchens of Dr. Seuss fans and chefs of all ages,” says Susan Brandt, President, Dr. Seuss Enterprises. “Dr. Seuss has been making food fun for generations, and this book delivers on that legacy in a fresh and entertaining and entirely Seussical way.”
An introductory section in COOK IT! introduces basic kitchen safety and includes advice on food preparation, cleaning up as you cook, learning from mistakes, and more. COOK IT! The Dr. Seuss Cookbook for Kid Chefs takes the classic timelessness of Dr. Seuss and gives fans a new format to share the wonderful world of Dr. Seuss with loved ones.
COOK IT! The Dr. Seuss Cookbook for Kid Chefs is part of a larger brand extension called “Seuss Chef,” currently being developed by Dr. Seuss Enterprises. “Seuss Chef” is a “garden-to-table” foodie brand for kids that will feature cookbooks, like COOK IT!, as well as digital content, licensed products, and more. The first associated digital content will debut on YouTube in conjunction with the book’s release.
DANIEL GERCKE is a writer living in Brooklyn, New York. This is his fifth cookbook, after Kid in the Kitchen, as well as others about chickens, pies, and zombies, but at heart he has always been a Green Eggs and Ham kind of guy. His Bar-ba-loot suit still fits. He shares a very lively kitchen with his wife, Melissa Clark, and their daughter, Dahlia.
CHRISTOPHER TESTANI was born and raised in upstate New York and studied cinema and photography at Ithaca College. In 2012 he was selected as one of PDN magazine’s 30 New and Emerging Photographers to Watch and has gone on to work regularly for a wide range of top editorial and commercial clients around the world. As an avid cook, outdoor enthusiast, and traveler, he draws inspiration from the things he loves—good food, people, travel, and the stories that bring them all together. He currently lives in Brooklyn, New York, but can be found traveling wherever the job takes him or daydreaming about that perfect little cabin in the woods.
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House is the longtime home of the beloved and bestselling Dr. Seuss books, which continue to make learning to read fun for millions of children everywhere. Random House Children’s Books is a division of Penguin Random House LLC.
SEUSS ENTERPRISES is a leading global children’s entertainment company focused on promoting literacy, education, self-confidence, and the wonderful possibilities of a child’s imagination through the works of Dr. Seuss. The company was established in 1993 and is based in San Diego, California. Global endeavors include publishing, film, TV, stage productions, exhibitions, digital media, licensed merchandise, and other strategic partnerships. For more information about Dr. Seuss Enterprises, visit Seussville.comor follow on Instagram.
PUBLICATION INFORMATION
Cook It! The Dr. Seuss Cookbook for Kid Chefs
50+ Fun and Yummy Recipes!
Written by Daniel Gercke; Photographed by Christopher Testani
Random House Books for Young Readers | On Sale: 1/4/2022 | HC ISBN: 9780525579595
Ages: 7 and up | Price: $19.99 | Page Count: 160
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INNER MASTERY, OUTER IMPACT by Hitendra Wadhwa
“Dr. Wadhwa believes every employee should be encouraged to practice what he calls personal leadership. What’s personal leadership? It’s all about bringing out the best in yourself, the best in others and the best in all situations.” ―Forbes
“Hitendra Wadhwa has been teaching the wildly overenrolled course to the current and future elite of American business. The award-winning professor promises not how to make a living but how to live.”―Psychology Today
INNER MASTERY, OUTER IMPACT (Hachette Go; 9780306827860; June 7, 2022) by Dr. Hitendra Wadhwa, founder of the Mentora Institute, is based on his highly lauded course at Columbia Business School, “Personal Leadership and Success,” and explores key principles on how to create outer success that reflects our inner core.
Many people hunger for success but struggle to balance the drumroll of the world with the beat of our own heart. Some of us pursue Outer Success, wanting to be liked and loved, praised and rewarded. But in our quest for worldly glory, we may ignore the subtle stirring of our heart, waking up one day to realize just how far we’ve drifted from our personal ideals. Other people seek Inner Success, wanting the freedom to pursue personal passions. But in our quest to be true to ourselves, we may end up hurting, disappointing or antagonizing others, and end up straining our relationships and end up being sidelined.
It seems that our drives for Outer and Inner Success are destined to clash. But perhaps that’s only because we’ve been searching in the wrong places. INNER MASTERY, OUTER IMPACT shows us how to pursue what is most important to us so we can fulfill our greatest potential. We do this by activating our Five Core Energies:
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Purpose – Striving to always stay true to our core purpose of helping people approach their highest potential in life and leadership.
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Wisdom – Cultivating the wisdom required to direct our emotions, thoughts, beliefs and mindsets in the service of our purpose and to uncover and embrace the truth in all matters.
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Growth – Engaging in the healthy pursuit of excellence by working to unlock the vast potential for growth that exists in ourselves and in others.
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Love – Anchoring our work in love, taking joy in others’ joy, feeling success in others’ success, and in serving our purpose with devotion.
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Self-Realization – Manifesting self-realization in our work and lives, operating mindfully from the pure and joyful spirit within us, and respecting the same spirit present in everyone.
Dr. Wadhwa provides extensive scientific research and masterful storytelling about exemplary figures like Mahatma Gandhi, Abraham Lincoln, Mother Teresa, Eleanor Roosevelt, and Nelson Mandela. He also draws from the everyday heroes in his client workshops at the Mentora Institute and his leadership program at Columbia. He helps readers discover and utilize timeless principles of success in life and leadership by showing how our Five Core Energies can create outer impact from a place of inner mastery.
With a PhD in Management Science from MIT and a lifelong study of the world’s mystic traditions, Dr. Wadhwa brings a mathematician’s rigor and a truth-seeker’s spirit to some of today’s most vexing questions about authenticity, success, leadership, and human potential. INNER MASTERY, OUTER IMPACT shows you how to create the conditions where both Inner Success and Outer Success can flourish in mutual harmony for a life of meaning and purpose.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Hitendra Wadhwa, PhD, is founder of the Mentora Institute and Mentora Foundation, host of the Intersections podcast, and a Professor of Practice at Columbia Business School, where he teaches their most popular MBA leadership course, for which he has won the Dean’s Award for Teaching Excellence. His widely acclaimed research and teaching on leadership have been covered by Fortune, CNN, Psychology Today, BBC World Service, Financial Times, Wall Street Journal, Inc., and Forbes. Dr. Wadhwa’s Mentora Institute is at the forefront of creating a new model of leadership for the 21st century. His clients include Accenture, Chevron, Kraft Heinz, Lululemon, Morgan Stanley, The New York Times, SAP, UnitedHealth Group and more. His nonprofit Mentora Foundation is committed to building a principled world by strengthening the moral, mental, and social fibers in their families, organizations, communities, and nations. Hitendra has a MBA and PhD from MIT’s Sloan School and a BA (Honors in Mathematics) from St. Stephen’s College at the University of Delhi.
Publication Information:
Title: Inner Mastery, Outer Impact
Author: Hitendra Wadhwa, PhD
On-sale Date: June 7, 2022
Imprint: Hachette Go
Format/Price: Hardcover/$29.00 USD
ISBN-10: 0306827867
ISBN-13: 978-0306827860
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MARLEY AND THE FAMILY BAND by Cedella Marley
Marley and the Family Band
by CEDELLA MARLEY with Tracey Baptiste
Illustrated by Tiffany Rose
“A well-played serenade to the power of kindness and community.” —Kirkus Reviews
From Grammy award-winning musician and New York Times bestselling author CEDELLA MARLEY comes a poetic story about a young girl who moves to a new country and learns to make friends. MARLEY AND THE FAMILY BAND (Random House Books for Young Readers | on sale February 1, 2022 | Ages 4-8) is inspired by Cedella’s childhood and her father the musician Bob Marley. In this joyful, vibrant picture book, Cedella Marley assures children that nothing can stop the music as long as they have community. When Marley and her family move from Jamaica to Delaware, she knows life is about to change in big ways. And she’s got the perfect plan to help her and her siblings make friends: an outdoor concert for the whole neighborhood! But when weather ruins their plans, she discovers help in the most unlikely places as her new neighbors quickly become the kindest of friends.CEDELLA MARLEY is a Grammy-winning singer, designer, entrepreneur, and the first-born daughter of reggae singers Bob and Rita Marley. She is the CEO of Bob Marley‘s recording label, Tuff Gong International, and the author of multiple children’s books including One Love. A life-long advocate of philanthropy, Cedella is the director of the Bob Marley Foundation and is a Global Ambassador to the Jamaica Women’s Football Program. Cedella Marley is a living embodiment of the way the ethics and values instilled during her upbringing carry forward the belief that, with passion and purpose, we can all make a difference in our communities, our country, and ultimately the world. She lives in Miami with her husband and three children. Learn more at cedellamarley.com.TRACEY BAPTISTE is the New York Times bestselling author of MINECRAFT: THE CRASH and the popular JUMBIES series.Publication Information:Marley and The Family Band by Cedella MarleyOn-sale Date: February 1, 2022A Random House Books for Young Readers Hardcover
ISBN-13: 978-0-593-30111-1 | ISBN-10: 059330111040 pages | $17.99/$23.99 Can. | Ages 4-8EL: 978-0-593-30113-5 | $10.99/$11.99 Can.Random House Books for Young Readers is an imprint of Random House Children’s Books, the world’s largest English-language children’s trade book publisher. Random House Children’s Books is a division of Penguin Random House LLC. Visit us online at @RandomHouseKids | facebook.com/RandomHouseKidsView| rhcbooks.com -
DIAMONDS AND DEADLINES by Betsy Prioleau
DIAMONDS AND DEADLINES:
A Tale of Greed, Deceit, and a Female Tycoon in the Gilded Age
By Betsy Prioleau
“They just don’t make characters like this anymore. Kudos to Prioleau for her gallant historical rescue mission.”–Kirkus Reviews
Among the fabled tycoons of the Gilded Age—Carnegie, Rockefeller, Vanderbilt—is a forgotten figure: Mrs. Frank Leslie. DIAMONDS AND DEADLINES: A Tale of Greed, Deceit, and a Female Tycoon in the Gilded Age (Abrams Press; March 29, 2022; U.S. $30.00; Hardcover) by cultural historian Betsy Prioleau reveals the unknown, sensational life of the brilliant and brazen “empress of journalism” who presaged the feminist future and reflected, in bold relief, the Gilded Age, one of the most momentous, seismic, and vivid epochs in American history.
For twenty years Mrs. Frank Leslie ran the country’s largest publishing company, Frank Leslie Publishing, which chronicled the postbellum United States in dozens of weeklies and monthlies. A pioneer in an all-male industry, she made a fortune and became a national celebrity and tastemaker in the process. But Miriam Leslie was also a byword for scandal: She flouted feminine convention, took lovers, married four times, and harbored unsavory secrets that she concealed through a skein of lies and multiple personas. Both during and after her lifetime, glimpses of the truth emerged, including a likely mixed-race parentage, an illegitimate birth, and checkered youth. At the end, her final move was even a bombshell: Leslie willed her entire multimillion-dollar estate to women’s suffrage, a never-equaled amount that guaranteed the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment.
In this dazzling biography author Betsy Prioleau draws from diaries, correspondence, genealogies, and published works to provide an intimate look at the life of one of the Gilded Age’s most complex heiresses and unexpected feminist icons. Ultimately, DIAMONDS AND DEADLINES, restores Mrs. Frank Leslie to her rightful place in history, as a monumental businesswoman who presaged the feminist future and reflected, in bold relief, the Gilded Age, one of the most momentous seismic, and vivid epochs in American history.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Betsy Prioleau is an author, radio personality, and cultural historian. She received a PhD in American literature from Duke University, then went on to teach English and world literature at Manhattan College, where she was a tenured associate professor. She was a scholar in residence at New York University and most recently taught cultural history in the New York University liberal studies program. She is the author of The Circle of Eros: Sexuality in the Work of William Dean Howells, Swoon: Great Seducers and Why Women Love Them, and Seductress: Women Who Ravished the World and Their Lost Art of Love.
Publication Information
DIAMONDS AND DEADLINES: A Tale of Greed, Deceit, and a Female Tycoon in the Gilded Age
By Betsy Prioleau
Abrams Press / March 29, 2022
U.S. $30.00
Hardcover with jacket / 368 pages
6 x 9″ / 40 b&w photographs (16 page insert)
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FIERCE LOVE by Sonya Curry
FIERCE LOVE
A Memoir of Family, Faith, and Purpose
by Sonya Curry
Sonya Curry chronicles the never-before-shared story of raising her children and her lifelong devotion to education, family, and faith.
New York, NY — HarperOne, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, has just announced the forthcoming release of Fierce Love: A Memoir of Family, Faith, and Purpose (U.S. on-sale: May 3, 2022), the riveting and inspiring new memoir by Sonya Curry, the mother of NBA stars Steph and Seth Curry, and daughter Sydel Curry-Lee.
Sonya reveals the story of her life for the first time ever—from what it was like raising her famous children, to her passion for education, and how her undying devotion to faith and family helped her find true meaning and purpose in life.
Like her superstar sons and extraordinary daughter, Curry’s journey has been filled with hard-fought victories, but hers took place out of the limelight. Until now.
“From the beginning, my mom has been a rock of encouragement, faith, discipline, and gratitude for me and my siblings,” Steph Curry said about his mom’s new book.
Seth Curry has also shown support of his mom’s memoir, stating: “My mom was always the one to challenge us growing up,” he said. “You can see her greatest qualities in each and every one of us.”
In Fierce Love, Sonya tells her story for the first time, beginning with her childhood in rural Virginia and moving through the peaks and valleys of an incredible life—from raising her immensely gifted but sometimes headstrong children, to becoming an educator and founding a Montessori school, to discovering a profound, life-sustaining spiritual connection to her faith.
Throughout Fierce Love, Sonya writes with deep love and honesty, revealing moments and aspects of her life that played an integral role in her personal story and identity. She shares how the love of her children and education have been the foundations of her life, and how faith has always sustained her, especially during the most difficult times in her life.
“I can’t wait for everyone to meet my mom through her powerful story,” daughter Sydel Curry-Lee said. “My mom has been such a pillar for our family.”
Fierce Love, a wise and illuminating story of family, faith, and purpose, is sure to become a classic. With something for everyone—seekers, sports fans, people of faith, lovers of memoir—it’s one strong mother’s gift to all who wonder how, where, and whether they’ll find strength.
SONYA CURRY is an entrepreneur, educator, and founder of the Christian Montessori School of Lake Norman in North Carolina, as well as co-host of the “Raising Fame” podcast. She is the mother of Stephen and Seth Curry and Sydel Curry-Lee, and often speaks about her experiences as a mother, educator, and Christian—sharing testimony about her faith, parenting, and education.
PUBLICATION INFORMATION:
Title: Fierce Love: A Memoir of Family, Faith, and Purpose
Author: Sonya Curry
US On-sale Date: May 3, 2022
Imprint: HarperOne (HarperCollins Publishers)
Format/Price: Hardcover $27.99 USD
ISBN-10: 0063051486
ISBN-13: 978-0063051485
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MOST PERFECT YOU by Jazmyn Simon
When actor and activist JAZMYN SIMON’s daughter was a toddler, she voiced deep insecurities about herself. She wanted to be pretty; she wanted to look like other girls. From dolls at the store to her various classmates, everything that little Kennedy Irie saw equated to beauty did not look like her. Fortunately, Simon’s intuition, instinct, and love led her to tell Kennedy: from your skin to your hair to your heart, you are specially made of all of mama’s favorite attributes. That experience inspired Simon to write her picture book debut, MOST PERFECT YOU (Random House Books for Young Readers; Ages 4-8; on sale May 3, 2022) with illustrations by TAMISHA ANTHONY; a moving love letter to children struggling to accept themselves inside and out—exactly as they are.
When you were finally born, I looked at you and you were everything that I had asked for. And as you grew, you were not only the most perfect you, but you were kind to.
In MOST PERFECT YOU, after comparing herself to other little girls, Irie (named after Simon’s daughter) confides in her mother that she feels that something is wrong with her, that she’s not perfect as she is. And so Irie’s mama tells the magical story of how Irie was intentionally and wonderfully made. In fact, Irie is made up of all her mother’s favorite things: sparkling eyes, a bright smile, and a kind heart.
JAZMYN SIMON (@jazmynsimon) is an actor, activist, and mother. Raised in northern California, Jazmyn began pursuing acting during college at the University of Nevada. She later moved to Chicago and joined improv troupe Second City. Jazmyn rose to fame on HBO’s hit dramedy “Ballers,” starring The Rock. On the big screen, she has starred in Tyler Perry’s “Acrimony,” among many other films. Most recently, Jazmyn appeared in the Netflix series “Raising Dion,” which has been renewed for a second season. Jazmyn lives in L.A. with her husband, actor Dulé Hill, and their two children.
TAMISHA ANTHONY is a freelance illustrator for various clients, such as Macmillan Publishers, New York University, and Chronicle Books. She has been an educator for the past several years teaching at institutions such as the New-York Historical Society and the Harlem School of the Arts. Tamisha received her undergraduate degree in visual arts from Rice University and her master’s in computer art from the School of Visual Arts. She sells paper goods and products at Renegade Craft Fair and Artists & Fleas, and on Etsy under the name PuffedSleeves. This is her first book.
MOST PERFECT YOU by JAZMYN SIMON, illustrated by TAMISHA ANTHONY
A Random House Books for Young Readers Hardcover | On sale May 3, 2022
978-0-593-42694-4 | 40 pages | $18.99/ $24.99 Can. | Ages 4 – 8 | EL: 978-0-593-42696-8 | $10.99/$11.99 Can.
Also available as an audiobook from Listening Library
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MY PLACE IN THE SUN by George Stevens Jr.
Long before Ronald Reagan came to Washington, George Stevens Jr. brought Hollywood glamour, and serious film, to the backwater 1960s capital of the United States. The son of a legendary director, George Stevens Jr.’s role as an important player in the cultural and political life of the nation, on both coasts, is unique. Through half a century, he established the American Film Institute, the Kennedy Center Honors, and was a friend and confidant to presidents from Jack Kennedy to Barack Obama. His is a tale like no other and spun out here with grace and historical sweep. — Carl Bernstein
If George Stevens Sr. were half as impressive as George Jr. writes in this compelling book, he would still be a Hollywood Lion, director of some of our most memorable movies. The son, like his dad, has also lived a memorable life, recounted in vivid anecdotes of friendships with Elizabeth Taylor, Orson Welles, Edward R. Murrow, and the Kennedys, the movies and documentaries he birthed, the arts he championed, the Kennedy Center he pioneered, the noble life he has lived. “My Place In The Sun” is a book I avidly consumed in one gulp. — Ken Auletta,
MY PLACE IN THE SUN
A memoir by George Stevens Jr.
The son of a celebrated Hollywood director emerges from his father’s shadow to claim his own place as a major force in American culture. George Stevens, Jr. tells an intimate and moving tale of his relationship with his Oscar-winning father and his own exciting career in Hollywood and Washington. Fascinating people, priceless stories and a behind-the-scenes view of some of America’s major cultural and political events grace this riveting memoir.
George Stevens, Jr. grew up in Hollywood working on film classics with his father and writes vividly of his experience on the sets of A Place in the Sun (1951), Shane (1953), Giant (1956) and The Diary of Anne Frank (1958). He explores how the magnitude of his father’s talent and achievements left him with questions about his own abilities and future. The younger Stevens began to forge his unique career when the legendary broadcaster Edward R. Murrow recruited him to work at the United States Information Agency in John F. Kennedy’s Washington. He began his service in government by initiating what has been called the Golden Age of USIA filmmaking. In 1967 he became the founding director of the American Film Institute, placing him at the leading edge of culture and politics, shepherding the rescue of thousands of endangered motion pictures, and training a new generation of filmmakers. He created the Kennedy Center Honors and began making distinguished films and television programs that celebrated American culture and explored social justice. He earned an Oscar and other accolades, including fifteen Emmys, two Peabody Awards, and the Humanitas Prize.
Stevens provides a fascinating look at a pioneering American family that spans five generations in the performing arts, from the San Francisco stage in the 19th century to Academy Award-winning films, Emmy Award-winning television programs and a Broadway play. He shows us the private side of the dazzling array of people who cross his path, including Elizabeth Taylor, Sidney Poitier, Robert and Ethel Kennedy, Yo-Yo Ma, Cary Grant, James Dean, Bruce Springsteen, Barack and Michelle Obama, and many more.
In My Place in the Sun, George Stevens, Jr. shares his lifelong passion for film and commitment to the performing arts. He provides an insightful look at Hollywood’s Golden Age and an insider’s account of life in Washington as he collaborated with presidents, power brokers, media moguls and social activists. This magnificent and delightful memoir brings to life a sparkling era of American history and culture.
George Stevens, Jr. is a director, writer, producer, and playwright. He is the founder of the American Film Institute, creator of the AFI Life Achievement Award and the Kennedy Center Honors and has served as cochair of the President’s Committee on the Arts and Humanities for President Obama. His awards and honors include fifteen Emmys, eight Writers Guild Awards, two Peabody Awards, the Humanitas Prize and the 2012 Honorary Academy Award. He is the author of Conversations with the Great Moviemakers of Hollywood’s Golden Age at The American Film Institute and the Broadway play Thurgood.
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MUPPETS IN MOSCOW by Natasha Lance Rogoff
“Fascinating, timely, and an enthralling read. Loved every minute of it, and I’ll never look at Sesame Street the same way again.”
—BEN MEZRICH, bestselling author of The Accidental Billionaires adapted as THE SOCIAL NETWORK film
“A gripping and intimate account of the early days of post-Soviet Russia. Lance Rogoff gives readers an unprecedented behind-the-scenes look at the core values and beliefs that shaped Russia in the 1990s and continue to play out today in the horrific struggle between Putin’s Russia and the West.”
—BILL BROWDER, bestselling author of Red Notice and Freezing Order
MUPPETS IN MOSCOW: The Unexpected Crazy True Story of Making Sesame Street in Russia (Rowman & Littlefield | October 17, 2022) is the gripping tale of Rogoff’s tenure as executive producer of Ulitsa Sezam. When Rogoff set off for Russia following the collapse of the Soviet Union, she expected to find a nation in tumultuous transition. But she could not have expected her new reality: bombings, the assassinations of her broadcast partners, and the military takeover of the puppet production office in Moscow. Between these incidents of terrifying violence, Rogoff also faced immense creative challenges, as production was stymied by cultural and philosophical clashes every step of the way—from the show’s educational themes to scriptwriting, and to the design of the Muppets themselves—often pitting Sesame Street’s Western values against five centuries of Slavic thought. Meanwhile, Rogoff found herself navigating a high-pressure job in a male-dominated workforce, as well as friendship, romance, and first-time motherhood. Through it all, Rogoff and her creative team remained determined to bring laughter, entertainment, and a new way of seeing the world to the children of the former Soviet Union.
Much more than the compelling story of a beloved puppet show, MUPPETS IN MOSCOW brims with insight and sharp wit, Rogoff’s unique first-hand account of an ambitious attempt to influence Russian culture and ideology illuminates the enduring conflict between Russia and the West. Writing compassionately and with nuance, Rogoff adds depth to our understanding of democratic ideals, the power and limitations of media, and the true desires of the Russian people.
Expanding the legacy of one of the most iconic TV shows in history, enriching the urgent conversation around Russia’s long battle with the West, and chronicling one determined young woman’s personal and professional journey, MUPPETS IN MOSCOW is sure to find a broad audience when it arrives this fall.
Natasha Lance Rogoff is an award-winning television producer who has written and directed documentaries and produced children’s television shows for over twenty-five years. She executive produced Ulitsa Sezam (Sesame Street in Russia) and served as producer of Plaza Sesamo (Sesame Street in Mexico) between 1992-1997. Natasha moved from New York to Moscow in the early 1980s to Study Russian at Leningrad State University. Becoming fluent, she made close Russian friends and wrote about Soviet underground culture for mainstream international newspapers and magazines. Her 1983 article, “Gay Life in the Soviet Union,” published in the San Francisco Chronicle, was one of the earliest exposé of Soviet government persecution of the Russian LGBTQ community. Her 1985 film, Rock Around the Kremlin, about Russian rock musicians enduring extreme hardships due to communist censorship, aired on ABC TV’s “20/20.” Natasha served as Special Consultant to NBC Nightly News during 1988’s Reagan-Gorbachev Moscow Summit producing coverage for Tom Brokaw. She is now an Associate of VES at Harvard University and lives between Cambridge, Massachusetts, and New York City with her husband, Kenneth Rogoff.
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WOMEN OF ROTHSCHILD by Natalie Livingstone
THE WOMEN OF ROTHSCHILDThe Untold Story of the World’s Most Famous DynastyBy Natalie Livingstone“Hugely entertaining…a fascinating story, stylishly told.”–Sunday Times (UK)“In this gripping biography, Natalie Livingstone shows that Rothschild women were the velvet gloves guiding the iron fists of their male relatives and far from being mere appendages, they acted as trusted confidants and silent partners.”–Hannah Rothschild, author of The Improbability of Love“This brilliantly researched and scintillatingly written book is proof positive that the females of the Rothschild species were even more fascinating and talented than the males.”–Andrew Roberts, author of Churchill: Walking with DestinyIn The Women of Rothschild, Natalie Livingstone tells the story of the forgotten women who emerged from the world’s most famous dynasty, and changed historyFrom the East End of London to the Eastern seaboard of the United States, from Spitalfields to Scottish castles, from Bletchley Park to Buchenwald, and from the late eighteenth century to the dawn of the twenty-first, THE WOMEN OF ROTHSCHILD: The Untold Story of the World’s Most Famous Dynasty (St. Martin’s Press; October 25, 2022) by Natalie Livingstone unearths the extraordinary lives and remark.As Jews in a Christian society and women in a deeply patriarchal family, they were outsiders. Excluded from the family bank, they forged their own distinct dynasty of daughters and nieces, mothers and aunts. THE WOMEN OF ROTHSCHILD shows how these determined women became influential hostesses and talented diplomats, choreographing electoral campaigns, advising prime ministers, advocating for social reform, and trading on the stock exchange. Misfits and conformists, conservatives and idealists, performers and introverts, they mixed with everyone from Queen Victoria to Chaim Weizmann, Rossini to Isaiah Berlin, and the Duke of Wellington to Alec Guinness, as well as with amphetamine-dealers, suffragists and avant-garde artists. Rothschild women helped bring down ghetto walls in early nineteenth-century Frankfurt, inspired some of the most remarkable cultural movements of the Victorian period, and in the mid-twentieth century burst into America, where they patronized Thelonious Monk and drag-raced through Manhattan with Miles Davis.Absorbing and compulsive, THE WOMEN OF ROTHSCHILD gives voice to the complicated, privileged, and gifted women whose vision and tenacity shaped history.ABOUT THE AUTHOR:NATALIE LIVINGSTONE was born and raised in London. She graduated with a first class degree in history from Christ’s College, Cambridge in 1998. She began her career as a feature writer at the Daily Express and now contributes to Tatler, Harper’s Bazaar, US Vogue, Elle, The Times and The Mail on Sunday. Natalie lives in London with her husband and three children. She is the author of The Mistresses of Cliveden and The Women of Rothschild.THE WOMEN OF ROTHSCHILD: The Untold Story of the World’s Most Famous DynastyBy Natalie LivingstoneSt. Martin’s Press | October 25, 2022Hardcover: 9781250280190 | $39.99 USDeBook: 9781250280206 | $19.99 USDView -
RISE OF THE REST by Steve Case
“I’ve spent my life telling stories about America, and the role of pioneers cannot be overestimated. A new chapter in America’s story is now being written in cities all across the nation, as a new generation of innovators build new companies and help rebuild communities. Steve’s book tells those riveting stories, and gives us hope for America’s future.” —Ken Burns, award-winning documentary filmmaker and CEO of Florentine Films
“Steve Case played a pivotal role in getting America online, but his efforts over the last decade to create opportunity for more people in more places will be his most important legacy. I’ve seen firsthand the power of Rise of the Rest to empower entrepreneurs, revitalize communities and bring people together. This captivating book will give you hope for the future of America.” —José Andrés, chef and founder of World Central Kitchen
“Although I represent Silicon Valley in the U.S. Congress, I’ve long believed that we need to democratize innovation so we are creating tech jobs in dozens of cities, not just a few. Nobody in America has been a more visible and tireless advocate for this than Steve Case, and Rise of the Rest illustrates an exciting and optimistic path forward for a more inclusive and united America.”
—Ro Khanna, member of Congress from Silicon ValleyIn 2014, Steve Case launched Revolution’s “Rise of the Rest,” an initiative to accelerate the growth of startups based outside of Silicon Valley. “Rise of the Rest” is based on a simple idea: talent is equally distributed, but opportunity is not. In a time when entrepreneurship has experienced a wave of passionate and eager participants, Steve Case’s RISE OF THE REST: HOW ENTREPRENEURS IN SURPRISING PLACES ARE BUILDING THE NEW AMERICAN DREAM (Avid Reader Press, on sale September 27, ISBN 9781982191849) reflects and celebrates this passion by taking readers on an exhilarating journey into the startup communities that are transforming cities nationwide.
Rise of the Rest’s signature bus tours have reached 40+ cities and logged 11,000+ miles spotlighting communities large and small that have committed to a new tech-enabled future. In THE RISE OF THE
REST, Case introduces readers to dozens of entrepreneurs whose inspirational stories of struggle and achievement match the most iconic examples of American invention. Whether it’s indoor farming in coal country, freight logistics in Chattanooga, or Styrofoam alternatives in Richmond, VA, these founders are leveraging regional strengths and betting on the future of innovation outside of the coastal tech hubs.As one of America’s best-known and most accomplished entrepreneurs, Steve Case believes that entrepreneurs are the key and driving force of America’s DNA. THE RISE OF THE REST explores how entrepreneurs across the country are building groundbreaking companies, renewing communities, and creating new jobs—in the process reimagining the American landscape and bringing people together around a shared future.
An iconic entrepreneur shows how a new generation of American business leaders is taking shape in the vibrant cities of the heartland.Case, author of The Third Wave, co-founded America Online and the investment firm Revolution LLC. In 2017, he set up an initiative called Rise of the Rest with the aim of revitalizing fading cities by developing an innovative startup culture. Because 75% of the country’s venture capital goes to California, New York, and Massachusetts, entrepreneurs elsewhere often find it difficult to obtain seed funds. Case’s initiative was armed with a bucket of funds contributed by investors such as Jeff Bezos and Ray Dalio, and the climax of each stop on their nationwide bus tour was a pitch competition with a $100,000 investment prize. In addition to the cash prize, Case’s group provided important advice and contacts. From the beginning, Case wanted to focus on Black and women entrepreneurs, who often find the startup road particularly challenging. The author delivers an abundance of stories about companies with significant potential and vision, but their chances of success increase dramatically if they have a supporting ecosystem of talented people and infrastructure. City and state governments can help to provide this structure, and where they have, there is often a sense of renewal. The pandemic was a setback, but there was a silver lining: Many ambitious people left their jobs in San Francisco, New York, or Boston to return to their home cities, leading to revivals in places like Omaha, Chattanooga, and Green Bay. The shift toward remote work was also a positive for many emerging businesses. In fact, it seems that the pandemic provided a boost to the startup community nationwide, with 5.4 million new business applications filed in 2021. Case also emphasizes the importance of follow-through on the Rise initiative, and he established a system for ongoing contact and monitoring.Inspiring stories from unexpected places showing that the entrepreneurial spirit is alive and kicking.ViewTHE RISE OF THE REST
How Entrepreneurs in Surprising Places Are Building the New American Dream
Author: Steve Case
Publisher:Avid Reader Press
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CULTIVATING JUSTICE IN THE GARDEN STATE by Senator Ray Lesniak
Cultivating Justice in the Garden State:
My Life in the Colorful World of New Jersey Politics
by Raymond Lesniak, Bill Clinton (Foreword by)
Born into a working-class Polish immigrant family in Elizabeth, New Jersey, Raymond Lesniak went on to become a major force in the tough and bruising world of state politics. In this remarkable memoir, he reflects upon his life and career fighting for social justice in the Garden State.
He recounts the many causes he championed in his forty years as a state legislator, from the landmark Environmental Cleanup Responsibility Act to bills concerning animal protections, marriage equality, women’s reproductive rights, and the abolition of the death penalty. He also delves into his experiences on the national stage as a key advisor for Bill Clinton and Al Gore’s presidential campaigns. With refreshing candor, Lesniak describes both his greatest achievements and his moments of failure, including his unsuccessful 2017 gubernatorial run.
Cultivating Justice in the Garden State is both a gripping American success story and a must-read for anyone seeking to understand the inner workings of our political system. It offers an insider’s perspective on the past fifty years of New Jersey politics, while presenting a compelling message about what leaders and citizens can do to improve the state’s future.
RAYMOND LESNIAK grew up in Elizabeth, New Jersey. After a stint in the army, he earned his B.A. from Rutgers University and his J.D. from St. John’s University School of Law. He served in New Jersey’s General Assembly from 1978 to 1983 and in its State Senate from 1983 to 2018.
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DOUBLE PUPPY TROUBLE by Danika McKellar
Perfect for fans of Danica’s board and picture books, which build a foundation of knowledge for math success–making McKellar Math a parent-trusted brand For kids who love the hilarity of Dr. Seuss, and parents who want math hidden among the fun!
Animal lovers of all ages will enjoy the pages overrun with cute puppies!
The newest math-focused picture book from New York Times bestselling author Danica McKellar is full of puppy-fueled chaos and a message of gratitude, with a double helping of fun!
Moxie Jo always wanted MORE. But soon she’d get MORE than she bargained for!
Spunky and energetic, Moxie is just like any other girl–aside from the fact that she has to have the MOST of everything! If she doesn’t have the most toys, the most A’s on tests, or the most time on the swing, then she makes the MOST noise! So when Moxie finds a magic stick that can double anything, she doesn’t hesitate to use it–but when the button gets stuck, she may start to realize that less really is more! Teach the power of doubling through this playful puppy romp!
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING MATH SPECIALIST: Danica’s board, picture books, middle grade, and teen math books have been groundbreaking and bestselling. Parents trust the McKellar Math brand and view it as a resource.
MATH CONCEPT: Teaches the power of doubling by giving the McKellar touch of zany fun with learning hidden in.
TEACHES GRATITUDE: Right alongside the math is a story of learning to be grateful for what you have and to get along with siblings!
REAL-WORLD MATH: teaches math basics by engaging children in the world around them.
BUILDS A MATH FOUNDATION: Leads up to nonfiction early readers about basic math concepts.
PARENTS WILL RECOGNIZE DANICA from The Wonder Years, her Hallmark movies, and Dancing with the Stars, even if they aren’t familiar with her educational work.
Series Overview: This is the 11th book in the McKellar Math line, with one more picture book scheduled for Spring 2023. We could potentially expand with a new contract.
McKellar Math overview:
Goodnight Numbers HC
Goodnight Numbers BD
Goodnight Numbers TR
Bathtime Mathtime
Bathtime Mathtime: Shapes
Ten Magic Butterflies
Ten Magic Butterflies BD
Ten Magic Butterflies TR
Do Not Open This Math Book
The Times Machine
Author Bio: Danica McKellar is the New York Times bestselling author of groundbreaking math books, including Do Not Open This Math Book, picture books Goodnight, Numbers, and Ten Magic Butterflies, and the middle school hit Math Doesn’t Suck. She is a summa cum laude graduate of UCLA with a degree in mathematics and has published an original theorem in the prestigious Journal of Physics now known as the Chayes-McKellar-Winn theorem. She is the recipient of mathematics and educational awards, including the Communication Award from the Joint Policy Board for Mathematics, and UCLA’s Science and Education Pioneer Award in 2018. She testified before Congress about encouraging women to excel in mathematics, and was even named Person of the Week by ABC News for her unique and valuable work as a math education author. Danica is also well known for her acting roles on The Wonder Years, The West Wing, multiple Hallmark Channel movies, and more. Visit McKellarMath.com to see the ever-growing line of Danica’s helpful, fun math books!
Double Puppy Trouble
Danica McKellar: illustrated by Josée Masse
Praise for Goodnight Numbers
New York Times Bestseller!
“A similarly simple, quiet feel as Margaret Wise Brown’s iconic Goodnight Moon…there is a lot to count on.” –Booklist “The joys of counting combine with pretty art and homage to Goodnight Moon.” —Kirkus
“McKellar brings her enthusiasm for mathematics to a younger crowd in this gentle and well-executed counting book.” —Publishers Weekly
“A winner for bedtimes or storytimes focusing on counting.” —School Library Journal
Praise for Ten Magic Butterflies
“Parents may find this backyard fantasy a useful way to jump-start their children’s interest in math.” —PW
CROWN BOOKS FOR YOUNG READERS HC: 9781101933862 / $17.99/$23.99 EL: 9781101933886 / $10.99/$11.99 DN: 9780593509746 / $5.00/$6.95
GLB: 9781101933879 / $20.99/$27.99
Double Puppy Trouble
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Danica McKellar: illustrated by Josée Masse
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NEVER RIDE A ROLLER COASTER UPSIDE DOWN by Jeff Smulyan
NEVER RIDE A ROLLER COASTER UPSIDE DOWN
The Ups, Downs, and Reinvention of an Entrepreneur
WHAT IS IT REALLY LIKE TO BE AN ENTREPRENEUR?
After nearly fifty years of building a successful media company, founder of American all-sports radio Jeff Smulyan shares with
candor and humor just how many bitter failures come with each great victory along the way.
For founder and CEO of Emmis Communications Jeff Smulyan, the path to success has been anything but straightforward.
When you’ve owned a Major League Baseball team, started America’s first all sports radio station, created the world’s two
largest hip hop radio stations and managed everyone from David Letterman to Ken Griffey Jr. and Don Imus and even been
nationalized by an ally of Vladimir Putin, you’ve seen the rollercoaster ride of an entrepreneur from every side. Aspiring
entrepreneurs, radio and media industry insiders, and avid sports fans alike will appreciate Smulyan’s honesty as he shares the
countless lessons he’s learned from decades of entrepreneurship. Smulyan offers readers priceless insight into navigating the
twists and turns of growing a business and teaches how to build a culture based on both trust and humor—the essential keys to
surviving almost anything.
Never Ride a Rollercoaster Upside Down details Smulyan’s journey: from taking over his cousin’s failing country music radio station and founding his own company, to purchasing and then selling ownership of the Seattle Mariners and guiding his company through the Golden Age of Radio. Alongside his humorous, eventful, and dramatic stories, Smulyan presents valuable pointers and tips—for anyone else brave enough to try their own hand at starting a business.
The journey to booming business is a rollercoaster. Learn from someone who has experienced all the ups and downs—and knows that what’s most important is to hold on while keeping your sense of humor intact.
JEFFREY H. SMULYAN serves as founder, CEO, and chairman of the board of Emmis Communications Corporation, an Indianapolis-based publicly traded diversified media company. A cum laude graduate of USC with a BA in history and telecommunications, Jeff earned a JD from the USC Gould School of Law, where he served as note and comment editor of the Southern California Law Review. He has served on the USC Board of Trustees since 2001.
Title: Never Ride a Roller Coaster Upside Down
Subtitle: The Ups, Downs, and Reinvention of an Entrepreneur Author: Jeff Smulyan
Publisher: Matt Holt Books, an imprint of BenBella Books, Inc. Distributed by Penguin Random House
Publication Date: October 11, 2022 ISBN: 9781637742228
eBook ISBN: 9781637742235 Price: $ 28 US / $37 CAN
Format: Hardcover
Page Count: 320
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smART by Amy E. Herman: Use Your Eyes to Boost Your Brain
I Spy and Where’s Waldo? get a revolutionary twist in this self-directed, interactive book that teaches young readers how to fully engage their brains to think critically and creatively.
What would you say if I told you that looking at art could give you the confidence you need to speak up in class? Or that learning the history of donuts could help you think like a super spy and train like the CIA?
smART teaches readers how to process information using paintings, sculptures, and photographs that instantly translates to real world situations and is also fun!
With three simple steps (1) How to SEE, (2) How to THINK about what you see, and (3) How to TALK about what you see, readers learn how to think critically and creatively, a skill that only requires you to open your eyes and actively engage your brain.
Amy E. Herman is the New York Times bestselling author of Visual Intelligence, the written companion of the program Herman has used for eighteen years to provide leadership training to the FBI, Navy SEALs, NATO, the Peace Corps, Georgetown University Hospital, and executives at Microsoft and Google. The method has helped companies save millions of dollars, solve crimes, and even save lives, and the book has been translated into nine different languages, teaching readers how to sharpen their observation, perception, and communication skills using art. Herman, a self-proclaimed “recovering lawyer,” was also the Director of Educational Development at Thirteen/WNET and the Head of Education at The Frick Collection for over ten years. To learn more about Amy Herman, you can visit her website ArtfulPerception.com.
smART: Use Your Eyes to Boost Your Brain
Publication date: October 25, 2022
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 9781665901215; $19.99; Ages 9-13
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NORTH BAY ROAD by Richard Kirshenbaum
ADVANCE PRAISE
“Kirshenbaum’s North Bay Road was among the most enjoyable of reads.” —Norman Lear
“If you loved The White Lotus you are sure to love North Bay Road. Once you start you won’t be able to put it down. Did anyone say TV series?” —Bill Gerber, Academy Award-nominated Producer, A Star Is Born
“North Bay Road is not only the ultimate beach read, but the ultimate Miami Beach Read.” —Ernest Lupinacci, Co-Producer, The Offer and Author of The Godfather Gang
“A lush, descriptive, evocative look at inheritances of all kinds, even the most unexpected, with Richard Kirshenbaum’s keen insider eye at work yet again. An immersive triumph!” —Zibby Owens, Author of Bookends: A Memoir of Love, Loss, and Literature
“Richard Kirshenbaum is a magnificent storyteller. Liz Galin’s life is not turning out as she had hoped. When she is bequeathed a palazzo in Miami in need of repair, she sets out to fix her own life as she solves the mystery of her inheritance. North Bay Road will find its way on to every beach chair in America and will have readers turning pages long after the sun has gone down. Houses hold secrets, but in Richard Kirshenbaum’s hands, not for long.” —Adriana Trigiani, Author of The Good Left Undone
In the winter of 2020, best-selling author and New York City ad executive Richard Kirshenbaum decided to move his family to Miami to ride out the rest of the Covid storm. He was lucky enough to find a beautiful Mediterranean villa on the coveted North Bay Road, adorned with stunning mosaics and filled with secrets to uncover, including an original manual elevator from the 1920s nestled next to the home’s grand staircase. Inspired by the villa’s unique character and history, the idea for his new novel NORTH BAY ROAD was born.
Following his hit debut novel Rouge, which is set to be adapted into a film with Sony Pictures, NORTH BAY ROAD (Post Hill Press – May 16th) is part murder mystery, part forbidden love story, centering on a woman whose life takes a sharp turn when a mysterious socialite leaves her a surprise inheritance.
Liz Galin is an out-of-work fashion stylist living in New York City who put her life on hold to care for her sick mother during the COVID-19 pandemic. Unexpectedly, she inherits a crumbling mansion on North Bay Road in Miami. What follows is a fast-paced story of intrigue and deception as Liz uncovers clues to a century-old murder, a forbidden love story, and the long-gone past that led to her unbeknownst inheritance. Throughout her journey, Liz reveals the dark underbelly beneath high society and draws parallels between her own values and the ones held by the more ostentatious characters who haunt her on North Bay Road. With Liz’s story, Kirshenbaum asks what we learn about our own values when faced with the opportunity to take a more glamorous, yet darker path in life?
Set against one of Miami’s most resplendent and storied neighborhoods, NORTH BAY ROAD is an irresistible addition to this year’s summer reading list. Legendary producer Norman Lear has praised it as “the most enjoyable of reads.” Author Adriana Trigiani says “North Bay Road will find its way on to every beach chair in America and will have readers turning pages long after the sun goes down,” while Bill Gerber, Emmy-award nominated producer of A Star is Born, raves, “If you loved The White Lotus you are sure to love North Bay Road…”
I hope you’ll keep NORTH BAY ROAD in mind for coverage around its May 16 release. Please let me know if I can get you a galley copy or if you are interested in speaking with Richard Kirshenbaum.
About the Author
Richard Kirshenbaum is one of the most exciting personalities in New York City advertising, and an accomplished entrepreneur and author. In 1987, at age twenty-six, he cofounded the Kirshenbaum Bond + Partners agency, which pioneered such innovative concepts as the pop-up store, sidewalk advertising, and other forms of high visibility guerilla marketing. At the time of its sale, KBP was the largest independent ad agency in the United States, with one billion in billings and well-known divisions such as Media Kitchen and Varick Media. The agency’s notable clients included BMW, Jergens, Hennessy, Moet & Chandon, Van Cleef & Arpels, Snapple, Coach and Target. Currently, Kirshenbaum is CEO of SWAT by Kirshenbaum, a high-profile boutique branding agency he launched in 2011, which works with entrepreneurs and emerging companies. He is also co-founder, with music icon Chris Blackwell, of Blackwell Fine Jamaican Rum, as well as the co-founder of SWAT Equity, a fund that invests in emerging consumer brands. He is the author of Isn’t That Rich?, a #1 Amazon bestseller, and his debut novel, Rouge.
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SEX TALKS by Vanessa and Xander Marin
“Sex Talks is a terrific book. Finally, here’s a book that recognizes that most sex issues are a result of the lack of communication. The book beautifully guides the essential conversation we all need to have about sex. Furthermore, it helps us overcome the myths that drag down on us. It is also based on the latest research. Buy this book! Have these essential conversations!”
—John Gottman, New York Times bestselling author of
The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work“This book redefines what it means to have great sex. With her signature frankness and relatability, Vanessa Marin reveals the secrets to a fulfilling love life. You’ll never think about intimacy and desire the same way again.”
—Logan Ury, author of How to Not Die Alone: The Surprising Science That Will Help You Find Love
It’s no secret that we lack accurate representations of sex in our daily lives. From movies to TV shows and more, sex on screen unfolds spontaneously and effortlessly, zero communication required. Characters rarely, if ever, talk about what they are doing in a meaningful way. To make matters worse, our country’s lack of adequate sex education fuels the perception that sex is taboo and shouldn’t be talked about. It’s no wonder that when couples start to feel unfulfilled in their sex lives, the culprit often lies not in a loss of spark, but in a lack of communication. Because how can you expect to have the sex life of your wildest dreams if you can’t even openly discuss it with your partner?
Written by sex therapist Vanessa Marin with her “regular dude” husband Xander Marin, hosts of the popular “Pillow Talks” podcast, SEX TALKS: The 5 Conversations That Will Transform Your Love Life (S&S/Simon Element; February 7, 2023) is here to change that. They are plenty of books about sex, but this is one of the only books that shows you how to actually talk about it. Sex Talks gives you the crucial information you were never taught and presents a deep dive into some of the most complex and harmful dynamics that plague modern-day couples.
Broken up into easily digestible chapters, Sex Talks opens with a section on how to get to know yourself better, before diving into the five essential questions that every couple needs to have:
1. Acknowledgement: a.k.a. “Sex is a thing, and we have it.”
2. Connection: a.k.a. “What do we need to feel connected to each other?”
3. Desire: a.k.a. “What do we each need to get turned on?”
4. Pleasure: a.k.a. “What do we each need to feel good?”
5. Exploration: a.k.a. “What should we try next?”With gripping storytelling and an intimate peek at what really goes on behind other couples’ closed bedroom doors, Vanessa and Xander share the candid advice that has earned them 295K Instagram followers and thousands of views on YouTube. An informative, straightforward guide to staying connected and feeling your best, SEX TALKS provides the sex education you wish you’d had, plus tried-and-tested communication tools and relationship quizzes. Timed to Valentine’s Day, SEX TALKS is perfect for an expert feature, a Q&A about your most pressing sex questions, or a relationship book roundup.
About the Authors
Vanessa Marin is a licensed psychotherapist specializing in sex therapy. She has bachelor’s degrees in human sexuality and sociology from Brown University and a master’s degree in counseling psychology. She has written for The New York Times, Allure, and Lifehacker, and has been featured many times in major publications like Oprah Daily, Harper’s Bazaar, Vogue, and Real Simple.
Xander Marin is a regular dude who left a cushy career in tech once he realized it was more fun to talk about sex with his wife all day. He’s here to show you that you don’t need a graduate degree or a license to have extraordinary communication skills—you just need to have an open mind and willingness!
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FEEL GOOD FOOD by Joe Wicks
FEEL GOOD FOOD
By Joe Wicks
HarperOne, April 4th, 2023
Joe Wicks, aka “the Body Coach”, is the UK’s favorite healthy cook and fitness sensation. He got his start posting 15-second recipe videos and HIIT workout routines on social media and has built a massive following of 11M+ followers. He’s sold over 4 million cookbooks in the UK for both adults and children (ranking behind only Jamie Oliver), created a successful fitness and nutrition program app, helped kids stay active during the pandemic with his 100-million-view “PE with Joe” YouTube livestreams, and become an advocate for mental health.
Like so many, Joe’s family life has been touched by mental illness from an early age—but it wasn’t until 2020 that he realized just how widespread mental illness had become. During lockdown, Joe found himself inundated with messages from thousands of followers on social media asking for help. As he offered up exercise as an outlet to relieve stress, he realized he wasn’t just helping people’s physical health but their mental health as well.
Now with his latest cookbook FEEL GOOD FOOD (HarperOne, April 4th, 2023), he helps readers better understand the impact food has on our mental and physical health, providing 100 balanced, sustainable recipes that are quick, healthy, and delicious—comfort food for both body and mind.
Top Takeaways from FEEL GOOD FOOD:
FOOD = MOOD: As Joe explains, 90% of serotonin is produced in the gut. He illuminates how the food choices we make control our mental well-being, and outlines mood-boosting ingredients.
How to feel in control of your food again: Joe helps you understand your body and what it needs to feel energized, helping you take back control over your own meals and wellbeing,
How to enjoy cooking again: Eating to feel good and improve mental health is just as much about learning to appreciate the process of making meals as it is about eating the right foods. Joe’s quick, tasty recipes help readers feel empowered and look forward to getting into the kitchen.
How to get the whole family on board: Joe gives tips on encouraging healthy eating by getting children involved in the cooking process.
Best Foods to Keep Stocked in Your Kitchen: Eating well becomes so much easier when the right ingredients are at hand. Joe outlines what he keeps in his cupboards and fridge.
7 Building Blocks for Feel-Good Eating: including reducing meat intake, eating more plants and whole grains, cooking from scratch, choosing slow-release carbs, minimizing ultra-processed foods, and consuming the right amount of dairy.
100 Recipes: From brilliant breakfasts, to mood-boosting mains, to super-tasty sweets, Joe’s got it all covered with recipes to increase your energy levels, improve your focus and productivity, help you feel calmer and less stressed, improve your gut health, and help you sleep better.
Timely advice: With the U.S. in the midst of a mental health crisis—from “quiet quitting” and “burnouts” to upticks in suicide—Joe’s message on the importance food has on our mental well-being cannot be overlooked.
Joe will be in the U.S. and available for interviews around the book’s April 4 release. Please be in touch soon to arrange an interview.
Check out Joe’s YouTube channel with 2.82M subscribers.
About the Author
Joe Wicks, known as “The Body Coach,” is Britain’s favorite healthy cook and fitness sensation. His lockdown smash-hit PE With Joe YouTube videos have been viewed 80 million times. He is the multi-bestselling author of Lean in 15—The Shift Plan, Lean in 15—The Shape Plan, Lean in 15—The Sustain Plan, The Fat-Loss Plan, Cooking for Family and Friends, Joe’s 30-Minute Meals, Veggie Lean in 15, Wean in 15, and 30 Day Kick Start Plan. He lives in Santa Monica, California, and London, UK.
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I KICK AND I FLY by Ruchira Gupta
PRAISE FOR I KICK AND I FLY
“In I KICK AND I FLY, Ruchira Gupta has given an irresistible story, and also one that could save
lives.” —Gloria Steinem
“I KICK AND I FLY is proof that if the heart is moved, so might be the positive activities for justice and freedom of the mind.”— Alice Walker, author of The Color Purple
Having been to the brothels and red-light district I KICK AND I FLY, so searingly captures, I can testify that this book is essential reading for anyone interested how to empower girls to break free from intergenerational prostitution and sex trafficking. Ruchira Gupta is nothing less than a great hero, and in her book she has created one in Heera, as she seeks to defy the destiny of rape that poverty and men have assigned her.
—Ashley Judd
“A triumphant debut . . . The depth of the story’s details and its themes of bodily autonomy, community, and women’s empowerment reflect Gupta’s experience as the founder of Apne Aap, an NGO working to end sex trafficking.”
—Kirkus
“I KICK AND I FLY is a powerhouse of a debut. Ruchira Gupta has crafted a page-turner of a read, stepped in place and full of indelible characters, managing to be at once propulsive and enlightening, infuriating and inspiring. But maybe most important, Heera’s story is a beacon of hope to a generation of young people trying to transform an unjust world.” —Gayle Forman, NYT bestselling author of If I Stay and We Are Inevitable
Renowned activist and founder of the NGO Apne Aap, Ruchira Gupta has devoted her life to creating a world where no child is bought or sold. As a young journalist hiking through the hills of Nepal, Ruchira came across rows and rows of villages with missing girls who were being sold across the border into brothels in India. Moved to tell the world about this injustice, she created the Emmy award-winning documentary, The Selling of Innocents. Since then she has received numerous awards for her contributions to the establishment of the UN Trafficking Fund for Survivors and the passage of the US Trafficking Victims Protection Act. She continues to fight for women’s safety through Apne Aap, which helps thousands of women and girls in India exit systems of prostitution each year.
Sex trafficking remains the third largest organized crime in the world, and the average age of a child trafficked into the commercial sex trade is between eleven and fourteen years old. With the aim of empowering a generation of young people to change this devastating statistic, Ruchira has written I KICK AND I FLY, her debut novel inspired by her firsthand experiences working with girls preyed upon by sex traffickers. A propulsive social justice adventure, I KICK AND I FLY follows the story of Heera, a girl in Bihar, India, who escapes being sold into the sex trade when a local hostel owner helps her to understand the value of her body through kung fu. Through Heera’s strength and resilience, I KICK AND I FLY reveals how the elements that play into sex-trafficking—like body shaming, bullying, and commodification–can be fought back.
I KICK AND I FLY is a story of courage despite great odds. It’s about the agency of women and the power they possess in their bones. It’s the story of a community that resolves to make change contagious and succeeds. A hopeful narrative about a dangerous topic, I KICK AND I FLY brings greater awareness to the global movement against sex-trafficking and reminds us that change is possible even in the darkest of circumstances.
ABOUT THE RUCHIRA:
Ruchira Gupta is a writer, feminist campaigner, professor at New York University and founder of the anti-sex-trafficking organization, Apne Aap Women Worldwide. She won the Clinton Global Citizen award in 2009, the Sera Bangali Award in 2012 and an Emmy for outstanding investigative journalism in 1996. She has helped more than twenty thousand girls and women in India exit prostitution systems. She has also edited As If Women Matter, an anthology of Gloria Steinem’s essays, and written manuals on human trafficking for the UN Office for Drugs and Crime. Ruchira divides her time between Delhi and New York. I Kick and I Fly is her debut novel.
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THIS IS NOT A COOKBOOK by Flynn McGarry
This Is Not a Cookbook
A Chef’s Creative Process from Imagination to Execution
By Flynn McGarry, illustrated by Adil Dara
At ten years old Chef Flynn McGarry, like many kids his age, had tried many hobbies, from soccer to guitar, baseball and more – but none stuck with him quite like cooking. What first started out as a desire to make better food for his family quickly turned into an intense passion for food cooking. And so, he committed himself to developing his knowledge of food and culinary techniques, intently studying any cookbook he could get his hands on and watching chefs on YouTube and the Food Network. But Flynn wanted to take his skills to the next level, so with the help and support of his parents, he turned his bedroom into his own personal kitchen. Not long after, he found himself cooking monthly dinners for his parents’ friends and friends of friends, creating a make-shift restaurant in his living room.
Realizing his dream from a young age, Flynn has since gone on to receive wide acclaim as a chef – he garnered recognition for his initial pop-up restaurant, Eureka, in Los Angeles, has staged at Eleven Madison Park, Alinea, Next, Geranium, and Maemo, and at the age of 19 opened his own restaurant, Gem, in New York City.
Inspired by his desire to help other kids follow their dreams, Flynn has written This is Not a Cookbook (Delacorte Press – April 18, 2023), an illustrated non-fiction work for young readers that aims to help kids get creative, problem solve more effectively, and find inspiration in unexpected places. This is Not a Cookbook takes kids on a journey through Flynn’s extraordinary life, from his days spent cooking in his bedroom and running his own successful pop-up restaurant, his internship at a restaurant in Denmark at just 16 years old, to the opening of his popular restaurant Gem in New York. Alongside these tales of his successes and failures, Flynn explores the elements of creativity and gives readers insights into his own creative process – how he came up with the idea of turning an ordinary beet into a delicious meat inspired dish, or how he refines recipes through reflection and embraces their imperfections.
Complete with recipes like Flynn’s infamous “Beet Wellington”, This is Not a Cookbook, encourages kids to mix passion, hard work, and their own unique perspective to achieve results that just might be life changing.
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RADICAL CURIOSITY by Ken Dychtwald
Has aging finally come of age? Due to elevating longevity and the aging of the Baby Boom generation, more than one third of all Americans are now over the age of 50. For the first time in history, many of them are continuing to flourish and work well past retirement age. At 80, President Joe Biden plans to run for re-election and would be 86 by the time his second term ended. At 81, Martha Stewart recently made a splash on the cover of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit issue, while Bruce Springsteen sold out his world tour at 73. What does this mean for our society? Is 50 the new middlescence? Is 70 becoming the new 60? What contributions can older generations provide to society as they start to live longer and with more drive, perspective, and purpose than ever before?
Founder of the Age Wave movement and a key player in the emergence of the Human Potential, Holistic Health, Eldercare and Healthy Aging and Longevity movements, Dr. Ken Dychtwald is the preeminent figure to speak on these issues. As a psychologist, gerontologist, author of 19 books, celebrated public speaker who’s given acclaimed talks to more than two million people worldwide, and successful entrepreneur whose client list has included over half the Fortune 500 list, Dychtwald is widely regarded as one of the world’s foremost experts and visionary thinkers on longevity and aging, and he’s been helping people, companies and governments envision the future for decades.
Now, in his memoir Radical Curiosity, he offers up the chance to foster a more intimate and meaningful dialogue on what it means to age in today’s changing world by taking a self-reflective look at his own life and what he’s learned both about growing up and the importance of leaving a legacy.
Dychtwald examines how curiosity has carried him through every era of his life, from his humble beginnings in Newark, New Jersey, to his years spent at Esalen in Big Sur during the pinnacle of the human potential movement, igniting the holistic health and healthy aging movements and the creation of his company Age Wave through a series of trials and errors. He shares stories and lessons from his own personal journey seeking and finding purpose (again and again), being caught between the Tao and the Dow, overcoming failure and loss, remarrying his wife 40 times, coping with aging and the death of loved ones and the primal role of loving relationships in one’s life.
As Dychtwald explores the arc and legacies of his life through fantastic stories, mind-stretching adventures and his unique encounters with an unusual and impressive cast of characters, readers will get a front row seat to his conversations and experiences with Presidents Barack Obama, Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, George Bush Sr., Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton, as well as luminaries such as Betty Friedan, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Maggie Kuhn, Bucky Fuller, Nelson Mandela, and many more.
We are currently at a pivotal moment in our nation’s history. Just as the Women’s Movement and Sexual Revolution transformed gender and sexuality in America, we are now seeing a transformation for aging. This is a new era, and Dychtwald is the natural leader to usher it in. As no other memoir has done before, Radical Curiosity peels back the curtain on these new challenges and opportunities on aging and longevity as well as Dychtwald’s remarkable journey as a lifelong learner, father, husband, and sought-after thought leader. In doing so, he answers some of our nation’s most pressing questions about the future of longevity and aging, presents a guide to staying curious through all walks and stages of life, and offers a template for a life worth living.
About Ken Dychtwald PhD
As a psychologist, gerontologist, author of 19 books, celebrated public speaker and teacher, successful entrepreneur, documentary filmmaker and CEO of Age Wave, Dr. Ken Dychtwald has been helping people envision their own and the culture’s future for nearly five decades. He has been a key player in the emergence of the Human Potential, Holistic Health, Healthy Aging, Eldercare and Longevity movements and has given presentations to over two million people worldwide at high profile events alongside the likes of Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, Nelson Mandela, Tony Blair, Ronald Reagan, Bucky Fuller, Al Gore, and Bono.
He has been featured on 60 Minutes, The Oprah Winfrey Show, The Today Show, Good Morning America, World News Tonight, The New York Times, PBS, CNN, BBC, Fortune, Inc., Time, Forbes, and many other media platforms worldwide. He has served as producer and host of multiple PBS documentaries and specials including “The Boomer Century, “Life’s Third Age” and “Sages of Aging.” His firm Age Wave’s innovative ideas and landmark research have garnered nearly 20 billion media impressions.
Over the years, his client list has included over half the Fortune 500. He has served as a Fellow of the World Economic Forum, has keynoted two White House Conferences on Aging, and is the recipient of the McKinsey Prize for his writing in the Harvard Business Review. Ken has twice received the distinguished American Society on Aging Award for outstanding national leadership and, although he is not a financial advisor, he was honored by Investment Advisor as one of the 35 most influential thought leaders in the financial services industry over the past 35 years. Ken and his wife Maddy are the recipients of the Esalen Prize for their outstanding contributions to “advancing the human potential of aging men and women worldwide.” Ken was recently awarded the President’s Award from the American Society on Aging as well as the Inspire Award from the International Council on Active Aging for his efforts to “make a difference in the lives of older adults worldwide.” He is a Trustee of the XPrize Foundation.
PRAISE FOR RADICAL CURIOSITY
“I have been learning from Ken Dychtwald for years and am convinced that he is today’s most innovative and original thinker on this important subject.”
—President Jimmy Carter
“A masterful storyteller, Ken Dychtwald takes us on the wild, grand adventure of his self-examined life. This is truly a hero’s journey, populated with hippies and presidents, psychology and celebrity, success and failure, and the wisest of lessons.”
—Lisa Genova, PhD. Neuroscientist and best-selling author of Still Alice
“This book soars somewhere between Forrest Gump and Jack Kerouac. It’s part intimate autobiography, part rollicking adventure story, part cultural anthropology. Through his remarkable encounters and unusual cast of characters, Dychtwald gives us a unique window into the spiritual aspirations, moral conflicts, vocational dilemmas, and ups and downs of the pursuit of consciousness expansion and mindful adulthood over the last half century. This is a modern-day Siddhartha story.”
—Michael Murphy, Founder of the Esalen Institute and best-selling author of Golf in the Kingdom
“Driven by the engines of curiosity, compassion and continual self-improvement, Ken Dychtwald has emerged as one of the world’s leading pathfinders for untapping human potential – at every stage of life. In Radical Curiosity, we are given a front row seat to Dychtwald’s encounters with remarkable people and life lessons regarding love, family, money, work, risk-taking, success, aging and death. I highly recommend this book for anyone who wants to understand how a truly revolutionary thinker goes about trying to change the world.”
—Peter H. Diamandis, MD, Founder, XPRIZE, Executive Chairman, Singularity University, and best-selling author of Abundance, BOLD and The Future Is Faster Than You Think
“Ken Dychtwald maps out where success intersects with meaning to find your own unique crossing.”
—Deepak Chopra, MD, Founder, The Chopra Center and best-selling author of Ageless Body, Timeless Mind and You are the Universe
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BEYOND HAPPINESS by Dr. Jennifer Guttman
Happiness is a fleeting emotion. It’s watching a child open birthday presents, or seeing the first snowfall of the season. It’s not an enduring state of being we can achieve, and often it’s outside our control. Instead, Dr. Guttman urges us to shift our thinking away from happiness and towards a healthier alternative – satisfaction, a sustainable state of being.
Combining the same personal and professional insights gleaned over thirty years of practice that have brought her YouTube series over two million views, Dr. Guttman’s BEYOND HAPPINESS shares the proven techniques for sustainable life satisfaction:
- Avoid assumptions – learn to have agency in any situation instead of acting based on what you imagine other people are thinking or feeling about you, reducing our innate negativity bias.
- Reduce people pleasing behaviors – don’t default to putting the needs and desires of others ahead of your own. This enables you to live an authentic life.
- Face your fears – learn to not let your fears prevent you from working toward and achieving your goals, resulting in more self-efficacy and self-respect.
- Make decisions – take action more easily by recognizing that almost every decision we settle on is, at best, just a well-informed guess, eliminating decision paralysis.
- Closing – Acknowledge that starting is easy, but closing is hard – following through on what we start, no matter how difficult, will lead to self-confidence, self-efficacy, and self-respect.
- Active Self-Reinforcement – Reward yourself for consistently executing any of the other five techniques. You will make the cognitive shift from aspiring to gain and needing praise, rewards, and reassurance from others to appreciating the profound value of giving those things to yourself by focusing on self-care.
Jennifer Guttman will be available for interviews around the May 30 release of BEYOND HAPPINESS. Please let us know if you’re interested in an
Advance Praise for BEYOND HAPPINESS
“Dr. Guttman’s book is a game changer. It offers a crystal-clear plan on how to transform everyday patterns and lead a more joyful life.”
– Amy B. Scher, bestselling author of How To Heal Yourself When No One Else Can
About the Author
Dr. Jennifer Guttman received her doctorate in clinical psychology from Long Island University. She began her career working at a family homeless shelter in New York. When she found that traditional protocols made it difficult for people to access her services, she fought to ensure that every resident could meet with her as often as they needed, eagerly working day and night to fulfill requests for services. Motivated by a desire to reach even more people, she started lecturing and opened a private practice. Her approach fuses traditional cognitive-behavioral therapy techniques with her own core methods, which have been developed and refined through thirty-plus years of personal interaction with her clients. The combination of these innovative methods and her unparalleled empathic abilities has enabled her to have a profound impact on thousands of patients from diverse walks of life.
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SING YOUR NAME OUT LOUD by Jason Derulo
In 2009, an 18-year-old son of Haitian immigrants burst onto Billboard music charts with the instant #1 song, “Whatcha Say,” which sampled a surprising hook and opened with what would prove to be one of the catchiest lines in pop music history—the artist’s own name, sung out loud. Defying every possible odd, Jason Derulo cemented himself again and again and again, hit after hit, as one of the hardest working singers, dancers, and performers in the world and a risk-taking force of nature. In 2020, after becoming one of the most watched creators on TikTok (with 57 million followers), he realized his personal rules for self-mastery and success are applicable anywhere, for anyone, under any circumstance.
In his first book SING YOUR NAME OUT LOUD, Derulo opens up about his remarkable story and the valuable principles that have guided and propelled him. He shares his 15 tried-and-true rules for finding creative excellence, increased productivity, self-mastery, and success in any pursuit. He invites everyone—especially artists, content creators, entrepreneurs, and dreamers—to start on their own path to greatness. A few examples include Work Hardest at What Comes Easiest; Choose Your Competition; Unlock Closed Doors, But Go Through the Open Ones First; Talent is Overrated, Desire is the Gift; and Respect the Hive, Your Co-Pilots Are as Important as the Destination.
SING YOUR NAME OUT LOUD takes readers into the mind of one of the most consistent, dominating, and versatile artists alive. Derulo reflects, in his own words, on the defining moments of his career thus far, most notably the wins and losses that strengthened his signature style of creative pursuit and offers his fifteen rules for turning goals into reality – where numbers mean everything, obstacles are opportunities, closed doors are meant to be opened, failure is inevitable, and good lighting is non-negotiable.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
JASON DERULO is a global superstar whose music and personality transcend borders, generations, and genres. Since his debut single reached #1 in 2009, Jason has gone on to sell well over 250 million singles worldwide and earn 12 billion global streams. In 2020, with the viral sensation “Savage Love” Derulo joined the exclusive list of artists with a #1 song in three consecutive decades. He is one of TikTok’s top creators and has 57 million TikTok followers. Sing Your Name Out Loud:15 Rules for Living Your Dream is Jason Derulo’s first book. More at https://www.jasonderulo.com
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FATAL TO FEARLESS by Kathy Giusti
“When cancer comes knocking on your door as it did for me, you’ll want Kathy Giusti in your war chest to have a fighting chance.” —Tom Brokaw
“It’s the ultimate guide to go from WTF to What To Do.” — Maria Menounos
With a foreword by Katie Couric
Part medical memoir, part practical how-to, Giusti’s FATAL TO FEARLESS is packed with the hard-won knowledge she’s gleaned over the years. She distills her lessons into 12 steps for navigating America’s opaque, bureaucratic healthcare system, walking readers through what to do (WTD) to understand a diagnosis, find the best medical team, get the right tests and treatments, access new therapies and clinical trials, all while navigating your portal, optimizing your insurance, and preserving your energy. Each step is supported with advice from leading experts at the forefront of today’s cancer care. And through her own harrowing personal story of surviving cancer twice, Giusti exposes the profound emotional cost cancer can have on marriage, family, and friendship. Looking back through journals she kept from the day she was diagnosed, she faces what she did well, what she did wrong, and what she didn’t do at all. She wrote this book so any patient can benefit from what she has learned.
Kathy Giusti is living proof that if you take the right steps, you can change the course of a frightening diagnosis. FATAL TO FEARLESS offers the concrete tools and inspiration to fear less and live more.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Kathy Giusti is a two-time cancer survivor, business leader and healthcare disrupter. Founder of the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation (MMRF) and former Co-Chair of the Harvard Business School (HBS) Kraft Precision Medicine Accelerator, Kathy works to push for change where it’s needed most, fix what is broken so others may heal, and simplify the journey for others, so they can heal themselves.
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NOBILITY IN SMALL THINGS by Craig R. Smith, MD
“[A] vivid, warts-and-all memoir . . . [an] always intriguing account of a life well-lived.”
—Publishers Weekly
“A candid picture of a surgeon’s life. . . Cardiothoracic surgeon Smith . . . makes his book debut with a forthright memoir about his roundabout path to medicine and the commitment and accountability inherent in being a physician.”
—Kirkus Reviews
As a surgeon at Columbia University and the New York Presbyterian Hospital, Dr. Craig R. Smith has been no stranger to pressure—from performing President Bill Clinton’s quadruple bypass, to openly massaging patients’ hearts. But when the COVID pandemic shut down non-emergency operations at New York City hospitals, Dr. Smith was presented with a different purpose. He began writing daily email updates from the front lines of the pandemic battle. The updates—designed to inform and reassure—became a balm to his colleagues, and when the Wall Street Journal published them in April 2020, they were immediately recognized as essential dispatches from “the pandemic’s most powerful writer.”
Dr. Smith has now written a deeply thoughtful new memoir, NOBILITY IN SMALL THINGS: A Surgeon’s Path (St. Martin’s Press; on-sale October 10, 2023), sharing what goes into the impossible decisions he must make on behalf of his patients. President Bill Clinton has praised it as “much more than a medical memoir; it’s an elegant work of literature.” Diane Sawyer has called it “a book of staggering reach” from a “fearless explorer of what it is to be human when the choices are hard, the stakes high, and courage is the only choice,” while Senator Cory Booker says “[Smith’s] story, his journey, is a compelling narrative of a servant leader who in times of trial emerged as a humble hero.”
Dr. Craig R. Smith’s NOBILITY IN SMALL THINGS considers the moments of a surgeon’s life, both routine and extraordinary. The book introduces patients and peers, and moves from family-building and heartbreak at home, to the tragic suicide of two fellow M.D.s. Dr. Smith also writes with humor and vulnerability about how he overcame a long period of social anxiety early in his career.
In this memoir, Dr. Smith shows readers not just the making of a surgeon, but the maintenance of one: the deep feeling and moral philosophy that anchor the daily miracles that define his profession. Dr. Smith makes clear the stakes involved in being a surgeon make it a higher calling and that calling requires a higher standard of accountability. This deeply felt personal responsibility is a throughline as he takes readers into the operating theater.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
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CRAIG R. SMITH, MD has served as the Chairman of the Department of Surgery at Columbia University and the New York Presbyterian Hospital for fifteen years. In March of 2020, when New York City became the world’s COVID-19 epicenter, Smith started writing daily COVID email updates to his colleagues. The emails went viral, leading The Wall Street Journal to dub Smith “The Pandemic’s Most Powerful Writer.” He lives in New York City with his wife and has three grown daughters. -
CARDIAC COWBOYS by Dr. Gerald Imber
Before 1952, open heart surgery was considered science fiction. The heart was off limits to surgeons despite more than half a million Americans dying annually from heart disease. The tens of thousands of children born with congenital heart anomalies were doomed to languish and perish as well. Doing nothing was the strategy.
But the deadly status quo would soon explode thanks to a few brave and imaginative surgeons who dared to break the most rigid of medical taboos: Do not touch the human heart. CARDIAC COWBOYS: The Heroic Invention of Heart Surgery by Gerald Imber tells the story of the dramatic invention of open-heart surgery and the courageous crew of doctors who made it happen, setting into motion a massive shift in the American medical system that has saved millions of lives.
Following the careers of Michael DeBakey, Denton Cooley, Norman Shumway, Christiaan Barnard, and C. Walton Lillehei, five ambitious yet deeply flawed surgeons, CARDIAC COWBOYS gives readers a front row seat to how they devised heart transplants and bypass surgery, invented artificial heart valves and the lifesaving pacemaker, and worked toward the holy grail of an artificial heart, all while they each raced to be the first, the best, and the most prolific. While some of these maverick surgeons ended up on the cover of Time magazine, operated on kings, and advised presidents, others found themselves broke, disgraced, convicted of felony charges, and sued for millions of dollars in malpractice lawsuits. Still, together, these men ignited a revolution in medicine that helped make cardiac surgery the miracle it is today.
Chronicling the seminal events that took place seventy years ago and gave rise to the advances that continue to this day, CARDIAC COWBOYS presents a thrilling saga of how these brilliant surgeons and the patients who risked their lives launched a linear, exponential, and complete overhaul of human life expectancy.
About the Author:
Gerald Imber is an internationally renowned plastic surgeon. He is the author of numerous beauty books, including The Youth Corridor, Wendell Black, MD: A Novel, and the highly regarded biography Genius on the Edge: The Bizarre Double Life of Dr. William Stewart Halsted. Dr. Imber has spoken on the life of Halsted, the father of modern surgery, at numerous medical meetings throughout the country and is the acknowledged expert.
Dr. Imber is an attending surgeon at the New York-Presbyterian Hospital, an assistant clinical professor of surgery at the Weill-Cornell Medical Center, and the director of a private clinic. He has been the subject of numerous articles and has made innumerable media appearances.
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TRUST by Dominique Shelton Leipzig
With regulations for AI set to accelerate rapidly in 2024, every business leader and consumer needs to
get ahead of what’s on the way now. How can companies build safe, trustworthy AI that adheres to new
legislation, accelerates growth, and protects people at the same time?Dominique Shelton Leipzig, a leading expert on legislation around cybersecurity and data privacy, is
uniquely positioned to answer the question. A board member of the AI Governance Center and
International Association of Privacy Professionals, she has advised on the global strategies for responsible
data leadership for hundreds of companies, including Fortune 100 CEOs and Board Members.
For her new book TRUST: Responsible AI, Innovation, Privacy and Data Leadership (on-sale January 9,
2024), Dominique has delved into 3,000+ pages of existing draft legislation from 78 countries around the
globe that spell out the solutions for AI governance that will earn trust, maximize innovation, and avoid
societal harms. Dominique is releasing a new that distills the legal framework businesses can
implement today, before being required to do so. She provides the only playbook any business leader
needs to start preparing for coming AI regulations now.Regulations on AI have been leaping forward quickly— just last week a landmark EU ruling approved
more trustworthy AI rules—but corporations are still being caught flat-footed with AI, as with the new
class action lawsuit over a data breach at Humana. In TRUST, Dominique shows how businesses can
avoid such pitfalls by implementing new practices tailored to coming legislation. “Similar to how auto companies included seatbelts in cars before being legally required in 1963,” Dominique argues, “today’s business leaders need to have an eye on the legislation that’s in the pipeline and act now.” TRUST gives a blueprint for how good governance can manage the technology, and how businesses can already be adapting.About the Author:
Dominique Shelton Leipzig is a Mayer Brown Privacy & Cybersecurity Partner. Leading its Global Data
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Innovation team, she counsels CEOs and Board Members on how to seize technological opportunities by
establishing smart governance. She has trained 50,000+ professionals, including Fortune 100 leaders, in
AI, privacy and cyber-preparedness oversight. For 30+ years, Dominique has used her command of legal
trends to accurately forecast digital risks and best practices. Her insights have allowed companies, with a
collective market cap of $3 trillion, to optimize innovation through responsible data stewardship.
Trust is her fourth book. She has written hundreds of articles, including a Financial Times op-ed that
outlined a recommended strategy for solving the EU-US cross-border impasse that the White House
subsequently adopted. She founded the Digital Trust Summit at the Watson Institute to invite CEOs and
Board Members to reimagine effective data oversight. Named a Diligent Modern Governance 100 Leader
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A YEAR IN THE VINEYARD by Sophie Menin and Bob Chaplin
“Remarkable . . . A beautiful book, full of insights . . . [It] captures aspects and moments of vineyard life I have not even been aware of in half a century among the vines.”
—Hugh Johnson, writing in the book’s foreword
In their gorgeous new book A YEAR IN THE VINEYARD (Cultureshock; on-sale June 4, 2024; fully illustrated), award-winning wine writer Sophie Menin and environmental artist Bob Chaplin document the ongoing evolution of viticulture at this pivotal moment in its history, as climate change reshapes centuries of tradition. This is an insider’s look like no other into some of the most esteemed vineyards around the globe, spanning Italy’s Piedmont region, France’s Côte de Beaune, California’s Napa Valley, and the biodynamic vineyards of Western Australia.
With over 180 stunning photographs, A YEAR IN THE VINEYARD offers a glimpse into the yearlong cycle of the vine—from winter pruning to vine leaves capturing the energy of the late autumn sun. The authors’ narrative is spun through vignettes about activities that honor the seasonal rhythms and rituals of winemaking, resulting in resonant meditations on how fine wines are achieved through nature, not through the triumph over elements.
Menin and Chaplin also reveal how wine growers are on the front line of the climate crisis, posing questions and potential remedies in response to the earth’s changing ecology. Be it the increased frequency of hail that damages crops, or planting redwoods to protect vital water sources during drought, Menin and Chaplin offer the dynamic work currently underway in vineyards as a lens for observing efforts to find balance with nature in our rapidly changing world.
A YEAR IN THE VINEYARD is a beautiful paean to winemakers—both their venerable customs and nimble adaptability—and the environments that shapes their craft. As celebrated wine writer Hugh Johnson writes in the book’s foreword, “Bob Chaplin and Sophie Menin have brought the sensitivities of gardeners to the growing of grapes and the making of wine.”
ABOUT THE AUTHORS:
Sophie Menin is an award-winning cultural journalist and author whose work has appeared in The New York Times, Barron’s, Departures, Penta, Wine Spectator, Edible Communities, Saveur, Tricycle, Punch, B The Change Magazine, and Opera News. She earned an MA in Cultural Reporting and Criticism from the Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute at New York University and a professional degree in the Culinary Arts from the Institute of Culinary Education. Her wine writing focuses on the myriad ways that wine connects us with our sense and the rhythms of the natural world. It can be found in her online journal. Sophie lives in New York with her husband and daughter.
Bob Chaplin is an artist, landscape designer and wine writer working with mixed media, installation, and books. His art work and limited-edition books are in many collections, including the Museum of Modern Art Library, New York Public Library and Whitney Museum of American Art Library, New York; Art Institute of Chicago; Yale Center for British Art, New Haven; The Getty Research Institute Library, Los Angeles; the Arts Council of Great Britain, The British Council, The Tate Gallery and Victoria & Albert Museum, London; Museum of Contemporary Art, Skopje, North Macedonia; The Stedelijk Museum, the Netherlands; and the National Museum, Krakow, Poland. He has written about libations for the Hartford Courant, Gastronomica, Hartford Magazine, and New England Wine Gazette.
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DOWN TO BUSINESS by Fenley Scurlock and Jason Liaw
“A many-voiced chorus of encouragement for business-minded readers.” —Kirkus Reviews
You have a start-up idea . . . but where do you go from there? DOWN TO BUSINESS (Random House Books for Young Readers | March 5, 2024 | Ages 10 and up) has your answers. In an easy-to-read Q&A format with photos, two kid-preneurs and lifelong best friends assembled 51 of the world’s most accomplished businesspeople, from a variety of backgrounds and identities, to ask the questions every burgeoning exec wants the answers to: How can I get started? Is college worth it? What skills do I need? How did YOU make it big?
Including interviews from influential leaders at brands like MasterClass, Hallmark, IKEA, Parachute, and more, DOWN TO BUSINESS gives readers access to their stories as they provide useful tips directly from their personal experiences.
There has never been a generation as entrepreneurially minded as those born between 1997 and 2012. Fifteen-year-olds FENLEY SCURLOCK and JASON LIAW both started businesses by the time they reached middle school, and according to a survey from Junior Achievement USA—as reported on by CNBC—“60% of teens want to launch their own businesses instead of working regular jobs.”
Perfect for these budding entrepreneurs (and their adult counterparts), DOWN TO BUSINESS is a comprehensive guide to starting a business, finding success, and, yes, making money.
About the Authors:
FENLEY SCURLOCK has run a business making artisanal soaps and pens since he was seven; he sells at farmers’ markets, in his online store, and at kids’ business fairs. He has won multiple business, sales, and marketing awards and has been interviewed by Fast Company and Kids 2 Market, as well as many local media outlets.
JASON LIAW launched his first business at age eleven, building and maintaining websites for a local chamber of commerce. He is a three-time class president, is the president of his school’s entrepreneurship club, and won first place for a financial literacy project in a DECA state competition. As an American-born Chinese student, Jason navigates the world in two languages.
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DIARY OF A DYING GIRL by Mallory Smith
Mallory Smith was no ordinary girl, and this is no ordinary story. DIARY OF A DYING GIRL is a poignant, true story of a young woman who refused to be defined by chronic illness. Her light and her life are shared here in her own words to encourage everyone to live life to the fullest, as she did, even as she was dying.
This collection for young adults is adapted from SALT IN MY SOUL first published by Random House Adult in 2019. DIARY OF A DYING GIRL has been expanded to include never-before-seen content focused on Mallory’s younger years as a teen. It also includes updates from Mallory’s mom about new Cystic Fibrosis treatments. It is a real, unflinching account of what it means to be truly alive.
Mallory Smith was no ordinary girl, and this is no ordinary story. At age three, Mallory was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis—a disease that attacks the internal organs and would eventually kill her. Despite living on borrowed time, Mallory pursued her passions: volleyball; writing; the environment; her boyfriend, family, and friends. Most importantly, every day she chose to embody the mantra “live happy.” Mallory also had her struggles—everything from love and sex to living with illness and just being a human on this planet. And she chronicled every bit of it, writing thousands of diary entries before her death in her twenties.
About the Author:
MALLORY SMITH was a freelance writer and editor specializing in environmental, social justice, and healthcare-related communications. She graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Stanford University and worked as a senior producer at Green Grid Radio, an environmental storytelling radio show and podcast. Her radio work has been featured on KCRW, National Radio Project, and State of the Human. She died at the age of twenty-five on November 15, 2017, two months after receiving a double lung transplant. Mallory’s mother, Diane, currently lives in Los Angeles and is available for interview.
UNBELIEVABLE TRUE STORY
Many of the feelings I write about are too difficult to share while I’m alive, so I’m keeping everything in my journal password-protected until the end…
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