BASIC BOOKS The Big Ratchet How Humanity Thrives in the Face of Natural Crisis Ruth DeFries

Summary Our species long lived on the edge of starvation. Now we produce enough food for all 7 billion of us to eat nearly 3,000 calories every day. This is such an astonishing thing in the history of life as to verge on the miraculous. The Big Ratchet is the story of how it happened, of the ratchets­the technologies and innovations, big and small­that propelled our species from hunters and gatherers on the savannahs of Africa to shoppers in the aisles of the supermarket.

The Big Ratchet itself came in the twentieth century, when a range of technologies­from fossil fuels to scientific plant breeding to nitrogen fertilizers­combined to nearly quadruple our population in a century, and to grow our

food supply even faster. To some, these technologies are a sign of our greatness; to others, of our hubris. Basic Books MacArthur fellow and Columbia University professor Ruth DeFries argues that the debate is the wrong one to 9780465044979 have. Limits do exist, but every limit that has confronted us, we have surpassed. That cycle of crisis and growth Pub Date: 9/9/14 is the story of our history; indeed, it is the essence of The Big Ratchet... $28.99 Hardback / Cloth over boards Author Bio Ruth DeFries is Denning Family Professor of Sustainable Development and Chair of the Department of Ecology, 288 pages Evolution and Environmental Biology at Columbia University. A recipient of the MacArthur "Genius" Fellowship, she lives in New York City.

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Exercises for the Feynman Lectures on Physics Richard P. Feynman, Robert B. Leighton, Matthew Sa...

Summary Combined into one volume for the first time, the clarified and modernized Exercises for the Feynman Lectures on Physics provides a comprehensive, hands­on introduction to all the most important topics in physics­from the conservation of energy through the theory of gravitation and the laws of thermodynamics. A perfect complement to the Feynman Lectures on Physics, these exercises give students a chance to apply what they have learned and reinforce the concepts taught by the inimitable Richard Feynman. Author Bio

The late Richard P. Feynman was Richard Chace Tolman Professor of Theoretical Physics at the California Basic Books Institute of Technology. He was awarded the 1965 Nobel Prize for his work on the development of quantum field 9780465060719 theory. He was also one of the most famous and beloved figures of the twentieth century, both in physics and Pub Date: 8/5/14 $24.99 as a public intellectual. Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Exercises for The Feynman Lectures on Physics is edited by Michael A. Gottlieb and Rudlf Pfeiffer, publishers of the online edition of FLP at the Feynman Lectures Websites. 320 pages Markup Note: Rights Sold: Chinese (simplified); Shanghai Science and Technological Publishers; Polish: PWN; Russian: BKL

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BASIC BOOKS Love and Math The Heart of Hidden Reality Edward Frenkel

Summary What if you had to take an art class in which you were only taught how to paint a fence? What if you were never shown the paintings of van Gogh and Picasso, weren't even told they existed? Alas, this is how math is taught, and so for most of us it becomes the intellectual equivalent of watching paint dry.

In Love and Math, renowned mathematician Edward Frenkel reveals a side of math we've never seen, suffused with all the beauty and elegance of a work of art. In this heartfelt and passionate book, Frenkel shows that mathematics, far from occupying a specialist niche, goes to the heart of all matter, uniting us across cultures, time, and space.

Basic Books Love and Math tells two intertwined stories: of the wonders of mathematics and of one young man's journey 9780465064953 learning and living it. Having braved a discriminatory educational system to become one of the twenty­first Pub Date: 9/9/14 century's leading mathematicians, Frenkel now works on one of the biggest ideas to come out of math in the last $16.99 Paperback / softback / 50 years: the Langlands Program. Considered by many to be a Grand Unified Theory of mathematics, the Trade paperback (US) Langlands Program e... 304 pages Author Bio Edward Frenkel is a professor of mathematics at the University of California, Berkeley, and was previously on the faculty at Harvard University. The winner of the Hermann Weyl Prize in mathematical physics, he has contributed articles to the Wall Street Journal, the New York Daily News, Slate, and the Scientific American blog.

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Surfaces and Essences Analogy as the Fuel and Fire of Thinking Douglas Hofstadter, Emmanuel Sander

In a major new work from the author of Gödel, Escher, Bach and I Am a Strange Loop, two leading scholars argue that analogy is the basis for all human thoughts.

Summary Analogy is the core of all thinking.

This is the simple but unorthodox premise that Pulitzer Prize­winning author Douglas Hofstadter and French psychologist Emmanuel Sander defend in their new work. Hofstadter has been grappling with the mysteries of Basic Books human thought for over thirty years. Now, with his trademark wit and special talent for making complex ideas 9780465018475 Pub Date: 4/23/13 vivid, he has partnered with Sander to put forth a highly novel perspective on cognition. $35.00 Hardback / Cloth over We are constantly faced with a swirling and intermingling multitude of ill­defined situations. Our brain's job is to boards try to make sense of this unpredictable, swarming chaos of stimuli. How does it do so? The ceaseless hail of 592 pages input triggers analogies galore, helping us to pinpoint the essence of what is going on. Often this means the spontaneous evocation of words, sometimes idioms, sometimes the triggering of nameless, long­buried memories.

Why did two­year­old Camille proudly exclaim, "I undressed the banana!"? Why do people who hear a story often blurt out, "Exactly the same thing happened to me!" when it was a completely different even... Author Bio Douglas Hofstadter is Distinguished College of Arts and Sciences Professor of Cognitive Science and Comparative Literature at Indiana University. His previous books include Gödel, Escher, Bach (which won the Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction in 1980) and Fluid Concepts and Creative Analogies. Emmanuel Sander is Professor of Cognitive and Developmental Psychology at the University of Paris (Saint­Denis), specializing in the study of analogy­making and categorization and their connections to education. Among his previous works is the book Analogy, from the Naïve to the Creative.

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BASIC BOOKS Eureka Discovering Your Inner Scientist Chad Orzel

Summary Even in the twenty­first century the popular image of a scientist is a reclusive genius in a lab coat, mixing formulas or working out equations inaccessible to all but the initiated few. The idea that scientists are somehow smarter than the rest of us is a common, yet dangerous, misconception, getting us off the hook for not knowing­ or caring­how the world works. How did science become so divorced from our everyday experience? Is scientific understanding so far out of reach for the non­scientists among us?

As science popularizer Chad Orzel argues in Eureka, even the people who are most forthright about hating science are doing science, often without even knowing it. Orzel shows that science isn't something alien and

inscrutable beyond the capabilities of ordinary people, it's central to the human experience. Every human can Basic Books think like a scientist, and regularly does so in the course of everyday activities. The disconnect between this 9780465074969 reality and most people's perception is mostly due to the common misconception that science is a body of Pub Date: 12/30/14 (boring, abstract, often mathematical) facts. ... $17.99 Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Author Bio Chad Orzel received his BA in physics from Williams College, his Ph.D. in chemical physics from the University of 320 pages Maryland, and his postdoctorate from Yale University. He maintains the blog Uncertain Principles and is the author of How to Teach Physics to Your Dog and How to Teach Relativity to Your Dog. He is now a professor at Union College in Schenectady, New York.

Ha! The Science of When We Laugh and Why Scott Weems

Summary Humor, like pornography, is famously difficult to define. We know it when we see it, but is there a way to figure out what we really find funny­and why?

In this fascinating investigation into the science of humor and laughter, cognitive neuroscientist Scott Weems uncovers what's happening in our heads when we giggle, guffaw, or double over with laughter. While we typically think of humor in terms of jokes or comic timing, in Ha! Weems proposes a provocative new model. Humor arises from inner conflict in the brain, he argues, and is part of a larger desire to comprehend a complex world. Showing that the delight that comes with "getting" a punchline is closely related to the joy that accompanies the insight

to solve a difficult problem, Weems explores why surprise is such an important element in humor, why computers Basic Books are terrible at recognizing what's funny, and why it takes so long for a tragedy to become acceptable comedic 9780465031702 fodder. From the role of insult jokes to the benefit of laughing for our immune system, Ha! reveals why humor is Pub Date: 3/4/14 so idiosyncratic, and why how­to books alone will ... $26.99 Hardback / Cloth over boards Author Bio Scott Weems received a PhD in cognitive neuroscience from UCLA, and an MFA in creative writing from Lesley 256 pages University. Previously a research scientist at the University of Maryland Center for Advanced Study of Language, he lives in Little Rock, Arkansas.

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BASIC BOOKS Masters of Sex The Life and Times of William Masters and Virginia Johnson, the Couple Who Taught America How to Lov Thomas Maier

The definitive biography of the famous sex research team who dramatically transformed American sexuality yet whose private relationship was just as complex and dysfunctional as any of their patients

Summary In Masters of Sex, critically acclaimed biographer Thomas Maier offers an unprecedented look at William Masters and Virginia Johnson, their pioneering studies of intimacy, and the sexual revolution they inspired. Masters and Johnson began their secret studies in a small Midwest laboratory, and soon became the nation's top experts on sex. Over the course of more than forty years, they analyzed and explained the secrets of orgasm, emotional fulfillment, and sexual dysfunction. But they divorced after twenty years amid a clash of success, betrayal, and jealousies. Basic Books Weaving interviews with the notoriously private William Masters and the ambitious Virginia Johnson, Maier offers 9780465020409 a titillating portrait of the legendary couple. Entertaining, revealing, and beautifully told, this groundbreaking Pub Date: 8/3/10 book sheds light on the eternal mysteries of desire and intimacy, and their complicated roles in the American $18.95 psyche. Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) 432 pages Author Bio b & w photos throughout Thomas Maier is the author of The Kennedys: America's Emerald Kings, which was adapted for Warner Home Video DVD, and the critically acclaimed Dr. Spock, which was a New York Times Notable Book of the Year in 1999. He is a special writer at Newsday. He lives in Long Island, New York. www.thomasmaierbooks.com

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The Tell The Little Clues That Reveal Big Truths about Who We Are Matthew Hertenstein

A leading psychologist demonstrates how powerful our intuition is when it comes to making predictions based on small slices of information­and shows us how we can make it even stronger.

Summary Every day we make predictions based on limited information, in business and at home. Will this company's stock performance continue? Will the job candidate I just interviewed be a good employee? What kind of adult will my child grow up to be? We tend to dismiss our predictive minds as prone to bias and mistakes, but in The Tell, psychologist Matthew Hertenstein reveals that our intuition is surprisingly good at using small clues to make big predictions, and shows how we can make better decisions by homing in on the right details.

Basic Books Just as expert poker players use their opponents' tells to see through their bluffs, Hertenstein shows that we 9780465031658 can likewise train ourselves to read physical cues to significantly increase our predictive acumen. By looking for Pub Date: 11/12/13 certain clues, we can accurately call everything from election results to the likelihood of marital success, IQ $26.99 Hardback / Cloth over scores to sexual orientation­even from flimsy evidence, such as an old yearbook photo or a silent one­minute boards video. Moreover, by understanding how people read our body language, we can adjust our own behavior so as to ace our... 288 pages Author Bio Matthew Hertenstein received his PhD in Psychology from the University of California, Berkeley and is on the faculty at DePauw University. He has been featured on the Today Show, ABC News, NPR, and in the New York Times, The Economist, and The Guardian (UK). Hertenstein lives in Greencastle, Indiana, with his wife, Margo, and his ever­curious son, Isaac.

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BASIC BOOKS The Reckoning Financial Accountability and the Rise and Fall of Nations Jacob Soll

Summary Whether building a road or fighting a war, leaders from ancient Mesopotamia to the present have relied on financial accounting to track their state's assets and guide its policies. Basic accounting tools such as auditing and double­entry bookkeeping form the basis of modern capitalism and the nation­state. Yet our appreciation for accounting and its formative role throughout history remains minimal at best­and we remain ignorant at our peril. The 2008 financial crisis is only the most recent example of how poor or risky practices can shake, and even bring down, entire societies.

In The Reckoning, historian and MacArthur "Genius" Award­winner Jacob Soll presents a sweeping history of

accounting, drawing on a wealth of examples from over a millennia of human history to reveal how accounting Basic Books has shaped kingdoms, empires, and entire civilizations. The Medici family of 15th century Florence used the 9780465031528 double­entry method to win the loyalty of their clients, but eventually began to misrepresent their accounts, Pub Date: 4/29/14 ultimately contributing to the economic decline of the Florentine state itself. I... $28.99 Hardback / Cloth over boards Author Bio Jacob Soll is a Professor of History and Accounting at the University of Southern California. The author of 312 pages Publishing The Prince and The Information Master, Soll was awarded the MacArthur "Genius" Grant in 2011. He lives in Los Angeles.

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The Lonely War One Woman's Account of the Struggle for Modern Iran Nazila Fathi

Summary As a nine­year­old Tehrani schoolgirl during the Iranian Revolution, Nazila Fathi watched her country change before her eyes. The revolutionaries­most of them poor, uneducated, and radicalized­seized jobs, housing, and positions of power, transforming Iranian society practically overnight. But this socioeconomic revolution had an unintended effect. As Fathi shows, the forces unleashed in 1979 inadvertently created a robust Iranian middle class, one that today hungers for more personal freedoms and a renewed relationship with the outside world. And unless an international confrontation allows Iranian leaders to justify an internal crackdown, this internal pressure for reform will soon set the country on a more stable track.

In The Lonely War, Fathi describes Iran's awakening alongside her own, revealing how moderates are retaking Basic Books the country­and how foreign powers can aid their progress. 9780465069996 Pub Date: 12/9/14 Author Bio $25.99 Nazila Fathi worked for two decades as an Iranian correspondent for The New York Times before being forced Hardback / Cloth over boards to flee the country in 2009 at the height of the Green Revolution. Currently a writer for NPR and Foreign Policy and a commentator for Persian Language Voice of America television, she has held fellowships at Harvard 240 pages University's Belfer Center at the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard's Shorenstein Center for Press and Politics, and Harvard's Nieman Foundation, as well as at Lund University in Sweden. Fathi holds an MA in Political Science and Women's Studies from the University of Toronto. A frequent guest on BBC, CNN, NPR, and Fox News, she has also written for The New York Review of Books, Time, CNN.com, Agence France­Presse, Harvard's Nieman Reports, and the online news outlets openDemocracy and GlobalPost.

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BASIC BOOKS Mindless Why Smarter Machines are Making Dumber Humans Simon Head

The tools of corporate efficiency­expert systems, databases, and operations management­have improved our lives significantly, but with a cost: They're turning us into mindless drones.

Summary We live in the age of Computer Business Systems (CBSs)­the highly complex, computer­intensive management programs on which large organizations increasingly rely. In Mindless, Simon Head argues that these systems have come to trump human expertise, dictating the goals and strategies of a wide array of businesses, and de­skilling the jobs of middle class workers in the process. CBSs are especially dysfunctional, Head argues, when they apply their disembodied expertise to transactions between humans, as in health care, education, customer relations,

and human resources management. And yet there are industries with more human approaches, as Head Basic Books illustrates with specific examples, whose lead we must follow and extend to the mainstream American economy. 9780465018444 Pub Date: 2/11/14 Mindless illustrates the shortcomings of CBS, providing an in­depth and disturbing look at how human dignity is $26.99 Hardback / Cloth over slipping as we become cogs on a white collar assembly line. boards 240 pages Author Bio Simon Head, a Senior Fellow at the Institute for Public Knowledge at New York University and Senior Member of St. Antony's College at Oxford University, serves as the Director of Programs at the New York Review of Books Foundation. He divides his time between Oxford, England and New York.

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The Great Debate Edmund Burke, Thomas Paine, and the Birth of Right and Left Yuval Levin

Summary For more than two centuries, our political life has been divided between a party of progress and a party of conservation. In The Great Debate, Yuval Levin explores the origins of the left/right divide by examining the views of the men who best represented each side of that debate at its outset: Edmund Burke and Thomas Paine. In a groundbreaking exploration of the roots of our political order, Levin shows that American partisanship originated in the debates over the French Revolution, fueled by the fiery rhetoric of these ideological titans.

Levin masterfully shows how Burke's and Paine's differing views, a reforming conservatism and a restoring progressivism, continue to shape our current political discourse­on issues ranging from abortion to welfare,

education, economics, and beyond. Essential reading for anyone seeking to understand Washington's often Basic Books acrimonious rifts, The Great Debate offers a profound examination of what conservatism, liberalism, and the 9780465062980 debate between them truly amount to. Pub Date: 12/2/14 $16.99 Author Bio Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Yuval Levin is a Hertog Fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center and the founder and editor of National Affairs. He has written op­eds and brief pieces for the New York Times, Washington Post, and Wall Street 296 pages Journal; longer pieces for Commentary, First Things, and the New Republic; and he is a contributing editor of both the Weekly Standard and National Review. He has extensive government experience from his time as a policy aide to several members of Congress and as Executive Director of President Bush's Council on Bioethics. Levin holds a Ph.D. from the Committee on Social Thought at the University of Chicago.

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BASIC BOOKS The Upside of Down Why the Rise of the Rest is Good for the West Charles Kenny

A World Bank economist turns conventional reasoning on its head and argues that no longer being number one is actually in America's best interest.

Summary America is in decline, and the rise of the East suggests a bleak future for the world's only superpower ­ so goes the conventional wisdom. But what if the traditional measures of national status are no longer as important as they once were? What if America's well­being was assessed according to entirely different factors?

In The Upside of Down, Charles Kenny argues that America's so­called decline is only relative to the newfound

success of other countries. And there is tremendous upside to life in a wealthier world: Americans can benefit Basic Books from better choices and cheaper prices offered by schools and hospitals in rising countries, and, without leaving 9780465064731 home, avail themselves of the new inventions and products those countries will produce. The key to thriving in Pub Date: 1/7/14 this world is to move past the jeremiads about America's deteriorating status and figure out how best to take $26.99 Hardback / Cloth over advantage of its new role in a multipolar world. A refreshing antidote to prophecies of American decline, The boards Upside of Down offers a fresh and highly optimistic look at America's future in a wealthier world. 256 pages Author Bio Charles Kenny, previously a senior economist at the World Bank, is now a senior fellow at the Center for Global Development and a columnist for Bloomberg Businessweek and Foreign Policy magazines. He lives in Washington, DC.

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The Last Empire The Final Days of the Soviet Union Serhii Plokhy

A prize­winning historian presents a vivid revisionist account of the Soviet Union's collapse over the final five months of 1991.

Summary On Christmas Day, 1991, President George H. W. Bush addressed the nation to declare an American victory in the Cold War: earlier that day Mikhail Gorbachev had resigned as the first and last Soviet president. The enshrining of that narrative, one in which the end of the Cold War was linked to the disintegration of the Soviet Union and the triumph of democratic values over communism, took center stage in American public discourse immediately after Bush's speech and has persisted for decades­with disastrous consequences for American

standing in the world. Basic Books 9780465056965 As prize­winning historian Serhii Plokhy reveals in The Last Empire, the collapse of the Soviet Union was anything Pub Date: 5/13/14 but the handiwork of the United States. On the contrary, American leaders dreaded the possibility that the $32.00 Hardback / Cloth over Soviet Union­weakened by infighting and economic turmoil­might suddenly crumble, throwing all of Eurasia into boards chaos. Bush was firmly committed to supporting his ally and personal friend Gorbachev, and remained wary of nationalist or radical leaders such as recently elected Russian President Boris Yeltsin. Fearing wh... 520 pages Author Bio Serhii Plokhy is the Mykhailo Hrushevsky Professor of Ukrainian History at Harvard University. A three­time recipient of the American Association for Ukrainian Studies prize and author of Yalta: The Price of Peace, Plokhy lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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BASIC BOOKS A Mad Catastrophe The Outbreak of World War I and the Collapse of the Habsburg Empire Geoffrey Wawro

Summary The Austro­Hungarian army that marched east and south to confront the Russians and Serbs in the opening campaigns of World War I had a glorious past but a pitiful present. Speaking a mystifying array of languages and lugging outdated weapons, the Austrian troops were hopelessly unprepared for the industrialized warfare that would shortly consume Europe.

As prizewinning historian Geoffrey Wawro explains in A Mad Catastrophe, the doomed Austrian conscripts were an unfortunate microcosm of the Austro­Hungarian Empire itself­both equally ripe for destruction. After the assassination of the Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand in June 1914, Germany goaded the Empire into a war

with Russia and Serbia. With the Germans massing their forces in the west to engage the French and the British, Basic Books everything­the course of the war and the fate of empires and alliances from Constantinople to London­hinged on 9780465028351 the Habsburgs' ability to crush Serbia and keep the Russians at bay. However, Austria­Hungary had been rotting Pub Date: 4/29/14 from within for years, hollowed out by repression, cynicism, and corruption at the high... $29.99 Hardback / Cloth over boards Author Bio Geoffrey Wawro studied at Brown and Yale and is Professor of History and Director of the Military History Center 472 pages at the University of North Texas. The author of five books, including Quicksand and The Franco­Prussian War, Wawro lives in Dallas, Texas.

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Brazil The Fortunes of War Neill Lochery

Summary When World War II erupted in 1939, Brazil seemed a world away. Lush, remote, and underdeveloped, the country and its capital of Rio de Janeiro lured international travelers seeking a respite from the drums of the war. "Rio: at the end of civilization, as we know it," claimed Orson Welles as he set out for the city in 1942. But Brazil's bucolic reputation as a distant land of palm trees and pristine beaches masked a more complex reality­one that the country's leaders were busily exploiting in a desperate gambit to secure Brazil's place in the modern world.

In Brazil, acclaimed historian Neill Lochery reveals the secret history of the country's involvement in World War II, showing how the cunning statecraft and economic opportunism of Brazil's leaders transformed it into a

regional superpower over the course of the war. Brazil's natural resources and proximity to the United States Basic Books made it strategically invaluable to both the Allies and the Axis, a fact that the country's dictator, Getúlio 9780465039982 Dornelles Vargas, keenly understood. In the war's early years, Vargas and a handful of his close ... Pub Date: 6/3/14 $29.99 Author Bio Hardback / Cloth over boards Neill Lochery is Professor of Mediterranean and Middle Eastern Studies at University College London and is a world­renowned resource on the modern history and politics of Israel and the Mediterranean Middle East. He is 376 pages the author of a series of critically acclaimed books, including the international bestseller Lisbon: War in the 8 Shadows of the City of Light 1939­1945, as well as countless newspaper and magazine articles. He lives in London.

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BASIC BOOKS A Most Imperfect Union A Contrarian History of the United States Ilan Stavans

Summary Enough with the dead white men! Forget what you learned in school! Ever since Columbus­who was probably a converted Jew­"discovered" the New World, the powerful and privileged have usurped American history. The true story of the United States lies not with the founding fathers or robber barons, but with the country's most overlooked and marginalized peoples: the workers, immigrants, housewives, and slaves who built America from the ground up and made this country what it is today.

In A Most Imperfect Union, cultural critic Ilan Stavans and award­winning cartoonist Lalo Alcaraz present a Basic Books vibrant alternative history of America, giving full voice to the country's unsung but exceptional people. From 9780465036691 African royals to accused witches, from Puerto Rican radicals to Arab immigrants, Stavans and Alcaraz use Pub Date: 7/1/14 $26.99 sardonic humor and irreverent illustrations to introduce some of the most fascinating characters in American Hardback / Cloth over history­and to recount travesties and triumphs that mainstream accounts all too often ignore. What emerges is a boards colorful group portrait of these United States, one that champions ... 288 pages Author Bio Ilan Stavans is Lewis­Sebring Professor of Latin American and Latino Culture at Amherst College. He lives in Amherst, Massachusetts.

Lalo Alcaraz is a faculty member at Otis College of Art & Design in Los Angeles, and the creator of the nationally syndicated comic strip, "La Cucaracha." He lives in Whittier, California.

Degrees of Inequality How the Politics of Higher Education Sabotaged the American Dream Suzanne Mettler

Summary America's higher education system is failing its students. In the space of a generation, we have gone from being the best­educated society in the world to one surpassed by eleven other nations in college graduation rates. Higher education is evolving into a caste system with separate and unequal tiers that take in students from different socio­economic backgrounds and leave them more unequal than when they first enrolled.

Until the 1970s, the United States had a proud history of promoting higher education for its citizens. The Morrill Act, the G.I. Bill and Pell Grants enabled Americans from across the income spectrum to attend college and the nation led the world in the percentage of young adults with baccalaureate degrees. Yet since 1980, progress has

stalled. Young adults from low to middle income families are not much more likely to graduate from college than Basic Books four decades ago. When less advantaged students do attend, they are largely sequestered into inferior and 9780465044962 often profit­driven institutions, from which many emerge without degrees­and shouldering crushing levels of Pub Date: 3/11/14 debt. $27.99 Hardback / Cloth over boards In... 272 pages Author Bio Suzanne Mettler is the Clinton Rossiter Professor of American Institutions in the Government department at Cornell University, specializing in political development, public policy, and political behavior. She is also a fellow at the Century Foundation, and she previously served as president of the Politics and History section of APSA, and on the Association's Task Force on Inequality and American Democracy. The author of The Submerged State: How Invisible Government Policies Undermine American Democracy, Mettler lives in Syracuse, NY.

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DA CAPO PRESS Pigs Can't Swim A Memoir Helen Peppe

An outrageous, hilarious, and touching memoir of childhood as the youngest of nine children in a hardscrabble, beyond­eccentric Maine family

Summary An outrageous, hilarious, and touching memoir by the youngest of nine children in a hardscrabble, beyond­ eccentric Maine family.

With everything happening on Helen Peppe's backwoods Maine farm, life was wild­­and not just for the animals. Sibling rivalry, rock­bottom poverty, feral male chauvinism, sex in the hayloft: everything seemed­­and was­­out of control. In telling her wayward family tale, Peppe manages deadpan humor, an unerring eye for the absurd, Da Capo Press and poignant compassion for her utterly overwhelmed parents. While her feisty resilience and candor will 9780306822728 Pub Date: 2/4/14 inevitably remind readers of Jeannette Walls or Mary Karr, Peppe's wry insight and moments of tenderness with $22.99 family and animals are entirely her own. As Richard Hoffman, the author of Half the House: A Memoir puts it: Hardback / Cloth over "Pigs Can't Swim is an unruly, joyous troublemaker of a book." boards

272 pages Author Bio Helen Peppe began writing stories, mostly about animals, on scraps of butcher paper when she was knee­high to a horse. (All of her furry characters lived happily ever after.) As a student, she wrote short stories and personal essays while working as a professional photographer specializing in horses and dogs. She lives near Portland, Maine, with her husband, Eric, her children, four dogs, four rescued rabbits, four guinea pigs, and two destructive kittens.

Future Smart Managing the Game­Changing Trends that Will Transform Your World James Canton

From the Chairman of the Institute for Global Futures, a forecast of game­changing trends­and how to manage and profit from them to better your life

Summary A forecast of the most important game­changing trends­and how to manage and profit from them to improve your life.

We live in a time of complex and radical change. Those that are ill­prepared for the seismic shifts set to occur over the next thirty years will be in for a rough ride.

Da Capo Press From leading global futurist and advisor James Canton, the acclaimed author of The Extreme Future and 9780306822865 Technofutures, comes Future Smart: the essential blueprint on what's coming next. It details the key changes­ Pub Date: 1/27/15 $25.99 in health and medicine, technology and communication, the global economy, the earth's climate, energy, and Hardback / Cloth over business­that every person, company, and government must understand in order to not only adapt accordingly boards but thrive in the coming decades. Going beyond prediction, Canton shows readers how to get "future­smart" with 256 pages strategic steps they can take today to navigate tomorrow successfully. Author Bio Dr. James Canton is the CEO and Chairman of the Institute for Global Futures, a leading think tank he founded in 1990 that advises business and government on future trends. He has advised three White House Administrations, the National Science Foundation and MIT's Media Lab, Europe.

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DA CAPO PRESS Easy Street (the Hard Way) A Memoir Ron Perlman

The candid, revealing, hilarious, and inspiring memoir of the iconic star of the Hellboy movies, Beauty and the Beast, and Sons of Anarchy

Summary The candid, hilarious, and inspiring memoir of the iconic star of Beauty and the Beast,the Hellboy movies,and Sons of Anarchy.

A classically trained actor who cut his teeth in the East Village's Off­Broadway scene, Ron Perlman­a Golden Globe winner (Beauty and the Beast) with starring roles in the Hellboymovies, Drive, Pacific Rim, and Sons of

Anarchy­has traveled an offbeat path to showbiz success. His story involves rising from New York's tough Da Capo Press Washington Heights neighborhood, enduring incredible hardships, and ignoring the naysayers who taunted him for 9780306823442 his distinctive looks. It's a tale that demonstrates the power of persistence. Pub Date: 9/9/14 $26.99 Hardback / Cloth over With a filmography of nearly 200 credits working alongside countless stars during his forty­year career, Perlman boards knows the ins­and­outs of filmmaking. In Easy Street (the Hard Way), he shares his inspiring story for the next 288 pages generation of performers. 16 pages color photos Author Bio Ron Perlman is best­known for his titular role in the Hellboy movies, as well as the TV series Sons of Anarchy and scores of other iconic performances. He lives in Los Angeles.

Michael Largo is the former editor of New York Poetry, the researcher and archivist for the film company Allied Artists, and is the award­winning author of four offbeat reference books and three novels.

Ain't It Time We Said Goodbye The Rolling Stones on the Road to Exile Robert Greenfield

An inside account of the Rolling Stones' farewell tour of Great Britain in 1971

Summary Although they did not know it then, when the Rolling Stones embarked on their farewell tour of Great Britain in March 1971 after having announced they were about to go into tax exile in the south of France, it was the end of an era. For the Stones, nothing would ever be the same again.

For ten days on that tour, the Rolling Stones traveled by train and bus to play two shows a night in many of the same small town halls and theaters where they had begun their career. Performing brand new songs like "Bitch," "Brown Sugar," "Wild Horses," and "Can't You Hear Me Knockin'" from their as­yet­unreleased album Sticky Da Capo Press Fingers live on stage for the very first time, they also played classics like "Midnight Rambler," "Honky Tonk 9780306823121 Pub Date: 5/13/14 Women," "Satisfaction," "Street Fighting Man," and Chuck Berry's "Little Queenie" and "Let It Rock." $25.99 Hardback / Cloth over Because only one journalist­Robert Greenfield­was allowed to accompany the Stones on this tour, there has boards never before been a full­length account of the landmark event that marked the end of the first chapter of the 216 pages Rolling Stones' extraordinary career. 8 pages black­&­white photos In a larger sens... Author Bio Robert Greenfield, a former Associate Editor of the London bureau of Rolling Stone magazine, is the author of many classic rock books, including STP: A Journey Through America with the Rolling Stones and Exile on Main St.: A Season in Hell with the Rolling Stones, as well as the definitive biographies of Timothy Leary and Ahmet Ertegun. He is the coauthor, with Bill Graham, of Bill Graham Presents: My Life Inside Rock and Out, which won the ASCAP­Deems Taylor Award. An award­winning playwright and novelist, his short fiction has appeared in Esquire, GQ, and Playboy magazines. He lives in California.

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DA CAPO PRESS I'm the Man The Official Story of Anthrax Scott Ian

The long­awaited and vastly entertaining autobiography of Scott Ian, guitarist and founder of groundbreaking and influential thrash metal legend Anthrax

Summary The long­awaited and vastly entertaining autobiography of Scott Ian, a founding member of legendary, groundbreaking, and influential thrash­metal band Anthrax.

In this fast­paced, humorous, and revealing memoir from guitarist Scott Ian­the leader of a band that proved brutality and fun don't have to be mutually exclusive­Ian tells his life story, starting with his upbringing as a

nerdy Jewish boy in Queens who had his first musical epiphany when he saw The Who on television. Not long Da Capo Press after that, he saw KISS at Madison Square Garden and realized what he wanted to do with his life. 9780306823343 Pub Date: 10/7/14 $26.99 I'm the Man covers Ian's dysfunctional home life and his escape through the turbulent world of heavy metal. It Hardback / Cloth over also chronicles the complete history of Anthrax, from the band's formation to their triumphant performance at boards Ian's beloved Yankee Stadium on the Big Four Tour with Metallica, Slayer, and Megadeth. 304 pages 16 pages color photos Author Bio Scott Ian co­founded Anthrax in 1981 in New York City. He lives with his wife and son outside Los Angeles.

Jon Wiederhorn is a music journalist and co­author of Louder Than Hell: the Definitive Oral History of Metal and of Ministry: The Lost Gospels According to Al Jourgensen. He lives in Brooklyn with his family.

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Rebel Souls Walt Whitman and America's First Bohemians Justin Martin

Brilliant portrait of a time and place that launched American Bohemia and liberated the genius of Walt Whitman

Summary In the shadow of the Civil War, a circle of radicals in a rowdy saloon changed American society and helped set Walt Whitman on the path to poetic immortality.

Rebel Souls is the first book ever written about the colorful group of artists­ regulars at Pfaff's Saloon in Manhattan­rightly considered America's original Bohemians. Besides a young Whitman, the circle included actor Edwin Booth; trailblazing stand­up comic Artemus Ward; psychedelic drug pioneer and author Fitz Hugh Ludlow;

and brazen performer Adah Menken, famous for her Naked Lady routine. Central to their times, the artists Da Capo Press managed to forge connections with Ralph Waldo Emerson, Mark Twain, and even Abraham Lincoln. This vibrant 9780306822261 tale, packed with original research, offers the pleasures of a great group biography like The Banquet Years or Pub Date: 9/2/14 $27.99 The Metaphysical Club. Justin Martin shows how this first bohemian culture­imported from Paris to a dingy Hardback / Cloth over Broadway saloon­seeded and nurtured an American tradition of rebel art that thrives to this day. boards 352 pages 16 pages of b/w photos Author Bio Justin Martin is the author of three highly praised previous biographies: Greenspan: the Man behind Money, Nader: Crusader, Spoiler, Icon, and Genius of Place: The Life of Frederick Law Olmsted. As one of the few journalists to gain access to Greenspan, Martin produced a best­selling biography of the secretive Fed chairman, selected as a notable book by the New York Times Book Review. Martin's Nader biography served as a primary source for An Unreasonable Man , an Academy Award­nominated documentary. Genius of Place, the first full scale biography of Olmsted received glowing reviews nationally. Martin's articles have appeared in a variety of publications, including Fortune, Newsweek, and the San Francisco Chronicle .

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DA CAPO PRESS American Queen The Rise and Fall of Kate Chase Sprague­­Civil War "Belle of the North" and Gilded Age Woman of Scandal John Oller

In this beautifully written and meticulously researched biography, John Oller captures the tumultuous, passionate, and ultimately tragic life of Kate Chase Sprague, Mary Lincoln's ambitious rival.

Summary In this beautifully written and meticulously researched biography, John Oller captures the tumultuous, passionate, and tragic life of Kate Chase Sprague, Mary Lincoln's ambitious rival.

Kate Chase, the beautiful and charismatic daughter of Abraham Lincoln's treasury secretary, enjoyed

unprecedented political power for a woman. As her widowed father's hostess, Chase set up a rival "court" Da Capo Press against Mary Lincoln in hopes of making herself the first lady to her father's president. She married one of the 9780306822803 richest men in the country to facilitate that goal, but, when he turned out to be an unreliable profligate, Chase Pub Date: 10/28/14 $25.99 found comfort in the arms of a powerful married senator. The ensuing scandal ended her virtual royalty, leaving Hardback / Cloth over her a social outcast who died in poverty. boards 288 pages Set against the seductive allure of the Civil War and Gilded Age, Kate Chase Sprague's dramatic story is one of 16 pages b/w photos ambition and tragedy involving some of the most famous personalities in American history. Author Bio John Oller, a former lawyer and journalist, is the author of Jean Arthur: The Actress Nobody Knew, published in 1997 to critical praise. He lives in New York City.

Benson The Autobiography George Benson, Alan Goldsher

The much­awaited story of celebrated singer, songwriter, composer, and guitarist George Benson, with a foreword by Bill Cosby.

Summary Over the course of his fifty­year career, George Benson has performed for hundreds of millions of fans around the world, received ten Grammy Awards, and recorded with some of the most revered musicians of his era. In 2011, he earned a National Endowment of the Arts Jazz Masters Award. And he has finally decided to tell his story.

Benson: The Autobiography follows the musician's remarkable rise from the ghettos of Pittsburgh to the stages of

Dubai, and everywhere in between. His tales of scuffling on the road with jazz legend Brother Jack McDuff, Da Capo Press navigating his way through the recording studio with Miles Davis, and emerging as the first true (and truly 9780306822292 successful) jazz/soul crossover artist will enthrall devotees of both music history and pop culture. Pub Date: 7/8/14 $25.99 Hardback / Cloth over An open and truthful raconteur, Benson discusses his near­arrest for domestic abuse, the tragic illnesses that boards afflicted his family, the secret lives of his musical cohorts, and racism's effect on his life and art. His long­ 256 pages awaited book allows readers to meet one of the most beloved, prolific, and bestselling musicians of any era. 16 pages of b/w photos Author Bio George Benson, a ten­time Grammy Award­winner and National Endowment of the Arts Jazz Master, is one of the three bestselling jazz artists of all time. He lives in Arizona with his wife, Johnnie.

www.GeorgeBenson.com Twitter: @GBguitar Facebook: www.facebook.com/GeorgeBenson

Alan Goldsher is a music and culture writer and the author of eleven books. His music journalism has appeared in Bass Player and Guitar Player, and his sportswriting has been featured in ESPN The Magazine, ESPN.com, NBA.com, and ChicagoBulls.com. He lives in Chicago.

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DA CAPO PRESS The Time of My Life A Righteous Brother's Memoir Bill Medley, Mike Marino

The unforgettable memoir by one of the most recognizable voices in popular music, Bill Medley of the Righteous Brothers

Summary Bill Medley's indelible baritone adorns some of the biggest hits of the twentieth century­"You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'," "(You're My) Soul and Inspiration," "Rock and Roll Heaven"­and is prominent on the soundtrack of an entire generation. He and his musical partner, the late inimitable Bobby Hatfield, formed the Righteous Brothers in 1963 and forever changed the sound of popular music. The term "blue­eyed soul" was born.

After the Phil Spector­produced "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" hit #1 in 1964 and Bobby Hatfield's sweeping Da Capo Press solo vocal turn on "Unchained Melody" enchanted millions, the Righteous Brothers found themselves in the thick 9780306823169 Pub Date: 4/15/14 of the musical and cultural changes sweeping the nation. They toured with the Beatles and the Rolling Stones, $26.99 became friends with Elvis Presley and the Beach Boys, and brought rhythm and blues to the largest cross­over Hardback / Cloth over audience it had reached to date. boards 256 pages The Time of My Life is an affecting and vivid memoir of those times and beyond, an unvarnished look at Bill 16 pages b/w photos Medley's personal triumphs and tragedies through the filter of five decades of musical... Author Bio Bill Medley, along with the other half of the Righteous Brothers, Bobby Hatfield, has recorded such hits as "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'," "(You're My) Soul and Inspiration," "Unchained Melody," and "Rock and Roll Heaven." His worldwide #1 hit, "(I've Had) the Time of My Life," with Jennifer Warnes, earned him a Grammy, a Golden Globe, an American Music Award, an Academy Award, and Video of the Year honors. In 2003, Medley and Hatfield were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame by Billy Joel, and he continues to tour and perform to sold­out audiences everywhere. He lives in Southern California with his wife Paula.

Mike Marino is an author, speaker, and musician. He was a member of several popular music groups including the McCoys, famous for their #1 hit "Hang on Sloopy." He lives in Orange County, California.

I Never Met a Story I Didn't Like Mostly True Tall Tales Todd Snider

I Never Met a Story I Didn't Like, which collects Todd Snider's stories in print for the first time, takes readers on a tour through one of the most inventive and idiosyncratic minds at work today.

Summary For years, Todd Snider has been one of the most beloved country­folk singers in the United States, compared to Bob Dylan, Tom Petty, John Prine, and dozens of others. He's become not only a new­century Dylan but a modern­day Will Rogers, an everyman whose intelligence, self­deprecation, experience, and sense of humor make him a uniquely American character. In live performance, Snider's monologues are cheered as much as his songs. But never before has he told the whole story. Running the gamut from personal memoir to shaggy­dog comedy to rueful memories of his troubles and triumphs with drugs and alcohol to sharp­eyed observations from years on Da Capo Press the road, I Never Met a Story I Didn't Like is for fans of Snider's music, but also for fans of America itself: the 9780306822605 broad, wild country that has produced figures of folk wisdom like Will Rogers, Mark Twain, Ambrose Bierce, Tonya Pub Date: 4/22/14 $16.99 Harding, Garrison Keillor, and more. There are storytellers and there are performers and there are stand­up Paperback / softback / comedians. And then there's Todd Snider, who is all three in one, and something else entirely. Trade paperback (US) Author Bio 304 pages Todd Snider is one of the premier folk­rock­country artists in the entire world. He has sold millions of records, topped critics' favorite lists for the last decade, and performed or collaborated with John Prine, Billy Bragg, Jimmy Buffett, Robert Earl Keen, Widespread Panic, Yonder Mountain String Band, Jerry Jeff Walker, and Loretta Lynn. He continues to tour nationwide, doing approximately 150 shows per year, and when not touring he makes his home in East Nashville, Tennessee.

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DA CAPO PRESS First SEALs The Untold Story of the Forging of America's Most Elite Unit Patrick K. O'Donnell

From bestselling author Patrick K. O'Donnell, the untold story of World War II's first unit of special operations combat swimmers­precursors of today's US Navy SEALs

Summary From bestselling author Patrick K. O'Donnell, the untold story of World War II's first special operations combat swimmers­precursors of today's US Navy SEALs.

In the summer of 1942, an extraordinary group of men­among them a dentist, a medical student, a Hollywood star, an archeologist, a British commando, and even former enemies of the Allies­formed an exceptional unit that would later become the US Navy's Sea, Air, and Land (SEAL) Teams. Known as the Maritime Unit, it comprised Da Capo Press America's firstswimmer ­commandos, an elite breed of warrior­spies who were decades ahead of their time when 9780306821721 Pub Date: 11/11/14 they created the tactics, technology, and philosophy that live on in the Navy SEALs­and shape the battlefield of $25.99 today. Hardback / Cloth over boards During the war, the unit conducted some of the most daring operations behind enemy lines, but, after the war, 288 pages its astonishing record was classified, lost, and buried. Until now. In First SEALs, Patrick K. O'Donnell tells the 16 pages b/w photos remarkable story of World War II's Maritime Unit­one of the greatest untold stories of World War II.

Author Bio Patrick K. O'Donnell is a military historian and the award­winning author of seven books, including the bestseller and William E. Colby Award­winner Beyond Valor, Give Me Tomorrow, and We Were One, the highly acclaimed account of the Battle of Fallujah. He has provided historical consulting for DreamWorks' award­winning miniseries Band of Brothers and for documentaries produced by the BBC, the History Channel, and Fox News. He lives in Austin, Texas. Visit him at www.patrickkodonnell.com and at www.facebook.com/patrickkodonnell.

Honor and Betrayal The Untold Story of the Navy SEALs Who Captured the "Butcher of Fallujah"­­and the Shameful Ordeal They Later Endured Patrick Robinson

From the coauthor of the #1 New York Times, book, Lone Survivor, the riveting, behind­the­scenes story of the three Navy SEALs that captured the "Butcher of Fallujah," then charged with "prisoner abuse," and their long road to justice

Summary "Written in an even­keeled, reportorial style, the book tells a story…that certainly needs to be told.… Guaranteed to raise eyebrows and spark debate."­Booklist

Honor and Betrayal is a no­holds barred, riveting account of the three Navy SEALs who captured a notorious Da Capo Press terrorist called the "Butcher of Fallujah" in 2009, were later charged with prisoner abuse, and forced to fight to 9780306823527 clear their names. Bestselling author Patrick Robinson reveals for the first time the entire story­from the night Pub Date: 2/3/15 $16.99 the SEALs stormed the al­Qaeda stronghold to the cut­and­thrust drama in the courtroom, where the fate of Paperback / softback / three American heroes hung in the balance. Trade paperback (US) 368 pages "If you are looking for a strong read, this is a no­brainer."­Sacramento Book Review

"Should be required reading for all military personnel today."­American Spectator Author Bio Patrick Robinson is the co­author of the New York Times #1 nonfiction bestseller Lone Survivor. He is also the author of several international bestselling US Navy­based novels, including Intercept, Diamondhead, To the Death, and The Delta Solution, as well as several nonfiction bestsellers, including his New York Times bestseller A Colossal Failure of Common Sense: The Inside Story of the Collapse of Lehman Brothers, and the international bestseller One Hundred Days. He lives in the Cayman Islands and and spends his summers in Cape Cod, Massachusetts.

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DA CAPO PRESS The Last Battle When U.S. and German Soldiers Joined Forces in the Waning Hours of World War II in Europe Stephen Harding

The true story of US & German soldiers fighting side by side in the final days of WW II

Summary May 1945. Hitler is dead, and the Third Reich little more than smoking rubble. No GI wants to be the last man killed in action against the Nazis. But for cigar­chewing, rough­talking, hard­drinking, hard­charging Captain Jack Lee and his men, there is one more mission: rescue fourteen prominent French prisoners held in an SS­guarded castle high in the Austrian Alps. It's a dangerous mission, but Lee has help from a decorated German Wehrmacht officer and his men, who voluntarily join the fight.

Based on personal memoirs, author interviews, and official American, German, and French histories, The Last Da Capo Press Battle is the nearly unbelievable story of the most improbable battle of World War II­a tale of unlikely allies, 9780306822087 bravery, cowardice, and desperate combat between implacable enemies. Pub Date: 5/7/13 $25.99 Hardback / Cloth over Author Bio boards As a journalist specializing in military affairs, Stephen Harding has reported from Northern Ireland, Bosnia, and Iraq. Currently senior editor at Military History magazine, he lives in Virginia. 256 pages 16 pages of b/w photos Markup Note: Dutch: Walburg; French: Ixelles; German: Zsolnay Verlag; Polish: Wydawnictwo Amber

Brothers Forever The Enduring Bond between a Marine and a Navy SEAL that Transcended Their Ultimate Sacrifice Tom Sileo, Tom Manion

After the attacks of September 11, 2001, two Naval Academy roommates made a solemn pledge to defend America.

Summary Four weeks after Navy SEALs had killed Osama bin Laden, the President of the United States stood in Arlington National Cemetery. In his Memorial Day address, he extolled the courage and sacrifice of the two young men buried side by side in the graves before him: Travis Manion, a fallen US Marine, and Brendan Looney, a fallen US Navy SEAL. Although they were killed three years apart, one in Iraq and one in Afghanistan, these two best friends and former roommates were now buried together­"brothers forever."

Da Capo Press Award­winning journalist Tom Sileo and Travis's father, former Marine colonel Tom Manion, tell the intimate and 9780306822377 personal story of how these Naval Academy roommates defined a generation's sacrifice after 9/11, and how Pub Date: 5/13/14 $25.99 Travis and Brendan's loved ones overcame heartbreak to carry on in their memory. From Travis's incredible Hardback / Cloth over heroism on the streets of Fallujah to Brendan's anguished Navy SEAL training in the wake of his friend's death boards and his own heroism in the mountains of Afghanistan, Brothers Forever is a remarkable story of friendship, 312 pages family, and war. 16 pages b/w photos Author Bio Tom Sileo is an award­winning, nationally syndicated columnist whose weekly newspaper column has been distributed by Creators Syndicate since 2011. He is a Robert Novak Journalism Fellow and lives in Marietta, Georgia.

Tom Manion is the father of First Lieutenant Travis Manion. He started his career in the Marine Corps, retiring after thirty years at the rank of colonel. He is chairman emeritus at the Travis Manion Foundation and lives in Doylestown, Pennsylvania.

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DA CAPO PRESS A Christmas Far from Home An Epic Tale of Courage and Survival during the Korean War Stanley Weintraub

An anecdote­rich narrative of the 1950 holiday season during the Korean War, when, just after Thanksgiving, tens of thousands of US troops were surrounded in the Chosin reservoir area by hundreds of thousands of Chinese troops and began a terrible and difficult retreat, which finally ended on Christ...

Summary From an acclaimed historian, the dramatic story of the Christmas escape of thousands of American troops overwhelmingly surrounded by the enemy in Korea's harsh terrain.

Just before Thanksgiving in 1950, five months into the Korean War, General MacArthur flew to American positions

in the north and grandly announced an "end­the­war­by­Christmas" offensive despite recent intervention by Da Capo Press Mao's Chinese, who would soon trap tens of thousands of US troops poised toward the Yalu River border. Led by 9780306822322 Marines, an overwhelmed X Corps evacuated the frigid, mountainous Chosin Reservoir fastness and fought a Pub Date: 10/28/14 $26.99 swarming enemy and treacherous snow and ice to reach the coast. Weather, terrain, Chinese firepower, and a Hardback / Cloth over 4,000­foot chasm made escape seem impossible in the face of a vanishing Christmas. But endurance and boards sacrifice prevailed, and the last troop ships weighed anchor on Christmas Eve. 320 pages b/w photos throughout In the tradition of his Silent Night and Pearl Harbor Christmas, Stanley Weintraub presents another gripping narrative of a wartime Christmas season. Author Bio Stanley Weintraub is an historian and an award­winning author of more than fifty highly acclaimed books of history and biography, including Pearl Harbor Christmas, Silent Night, 11 Days in December, Victoria, and Disraeli. He is a National Book Award finalist, former Guggenheim Fellow, and a three­time recipient of the Distinguished Humanist Award from the Pennsylvania Humanities Council. He lives in Newark, Delaware.

John Marshall The Chief Justice Who Saved the Nation Harlow Giles Unger

A soul­stirring biography of John Marshall, the young republic's great chief justice, who led the Supreme Court to power and brought law and order to the nation

Summary A soul­stirring biography of John Marshall, the young republic's great chief justice who led the Supreme Court to power and brought law and order to the nation.

In the political turmoil that convulsed America after George Washington's death, the surviving Founding Fathers went mad­literally pummeling each other in Congress and challenging one another to deadly duels in their quest

for power. Out of the political intrigue, one man emerged to restore calm and dignity to the government: John Da Capo Press Marshall. The longest­serving chief justice in American history, Marshall transformed the Supreme Court from an 9780306822209 irrelevant appeals court into the powerful and controversial branch of government that Americans today either Pub Date: 9/30/14 $27.99 revere or despise. Hardback / Cloth over boards Drawing on rare documents, Harlow Giles Unger shows how, with nine key decisions, Marshall rewrote the 384 pages Constitution, reshaped government, and prevented Thomas Jefferson from turning tyrant. John Adams called his b/w photos throughout appointment of Marshall to chief justice his greatest gift to the nation and "the pride of my life."

Author Bio Harlow Giles Unger is a former distinguished visiting fellow at George Washington's Mount Vernon. A highly acclaimed historian, he is author of more than twenty books, including nine biographies of the Founding Fathers and four histories of the early republic. He lives in New York City.

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DA CAPO PRESS Alex's Wake A Voyage of Betrayal and a Journey of Remembrance Martin Goldsmith

From well­known classical music radio host and author of The Inextinguishable Symphony, Martin Goldsmith, a tale of two journeys­one, a journey from the ill­fated voyage of the SS St. Louis in 1939 to the death camp at Auschwitz; the other, a grandson's journey of remembrance seventy years later.

Summary A tale of two journeys...

On May 13, 1939, the luxury liner SS St. Louis sailed away from Hamburg, Germany, bound for Havana, Cuba. On board were more than 900 Jewish refugees fleeing persecution in Nazi Germany. But an indifferent world

conspired against them. After being denied landing rights in Havana, the refugees were turned away by the Da Capo Press United States and Canada and forced to sail back to Europe, where the gathering storm of the Holocaust 9780306823220 awaited them. Pub Date: 4/8/14 $25.99 Hardback / Cloth over Two of those refugees were Alex Goldschmidt, a sixty­year­old veteran of World War I, and his seventeen­year­ boards old son Klaus Helmut Goldschmidt. After their trans­Atlantic voyage, they landed in France. They would spend 352 pages the next three years in one French camp after another before being shipped to Auschwitz in 1942. 16 pages black­&­white photos Sixty­nine years later, Martin Goldsmith, Alex's grandson and Helmut's nephew, retraced their sad journey. Beginning in lower Saxony where Alex was born, Martin spent six weeks on the road and covered more than 5,700 miles, setting foot on the earth Alex and Helmut trod during their final days. Alex's Wake is Martin's e... Author Bio Martin Goldsmith is the host and classical music programmer for Symphony Hall on Sirius XM Satellite Radio and previously hosted NPR's daily classical music program, Performance Today, from 1989 to 1999. He is the author of The Inextinguishable Symphony and lives in Maryland.

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Smart People Don't Diet How Psychology, Common Sense, and the Latest Science Can Help You Lose Weight Permanently Charlotte Markey

Forget the fad diets: an associate professor of psychology (Rutgers) offers a science­based approach to healthy eating and weight management (backed by research from scientists, doctors, nutritionists, and psychologists).

Summary Being on a diet is a miserable experience for most people, and it rarely leads to the desired goal of shedding fat. In fact, studies show that dieters often gain weight rather than lose it because most diets' intensity, restrictions, and short duration are ill­equipped to produce long­term effects. In Smart People Don't Diet, Dr. Charlotte N. Markey offers a refreshingly different approach to weight management.

Based on more than 100 years of research by scientists, doctors, nutritionists, and psychologists, Dr. Markey's Da Capo Lifelong Books plan addresses the underlying causes of weight gain and offers proven strategies for healthful, lasting weight 9780738217710 management, including advice on how to eat well, lose weight, and keep it off. The gimmicks don't work, but Dr. Pub Date: 12/30/14 $16.99 Markey's reasonable, accessible advice will help you get­and stay­healthy. Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Author Bio Charlotte N. Markey, Ph.D., is professor of psychology and chair of the psychology department at Rutgers 272 pages University (Camden). She routinely writes for the award­winning website ScienceofRelationships.com, focusing primarily on how romantic partners are relevant to individuals' eating behaviors, body image, and health. Her research has garnered widespread media attention, and she has been featured in and interviewed by The New York Times, The Economist, US News and World Report, Health Day, ABC News, Time Magazine, Health Psychology, The Washington Post, Science Daily, NBC News, Psych Central, Men's Health, Psychology Today, as well a as a host of others. She currently directs the Healthy Development Lab at Rutgers University and serves as a consultant to the Center for State Health Policy at Rutgers University. Dr. Markey collaborates in her research endeavors with her husband, Dr. Patrick Markey, a psychology professor at Villanova University, who changed his entire lifestyle (and gradually lost 40 pounds) following her approach to weight management. She has two children.

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DA CAPO LIFELONG BOOKS The Microbiome Diet The Scientifically Proven Way to Restore Your Gut Health and Achieve Permanent Weight Loss Raphael Kellman

First diet book connecting the microbiome with healthy weight loss; featuring an easy wellness program with a 3­ phase diet.

Summary What is the microbiome? These trillions of tiny microbes living within our intestines help us extract the nutrients from our food in addition to exerting enormous influence over our metabolism, hormones, cravings, and even our genes. Cutting­edge science has shown that the microbiome is the secret to healthy, dramatic weight loss, as well as to significant improvements in overall health, mood, energy, and mental function. Specialist in integrative medicine and intestinal health Dr. Raphael Kellman has developed the first stand­alone diet that draws on these

biological breakthroughs, translating the new science of the microbiome into a concrete program for fast, Da Capo Lifelong Books healthy, and permanent weight loss. With an easy three­phase plan and delicious recipes, The Microbiome Diet 9780738217659 will help you heal your intestines and reboot your metabolism, enabling remarkable weight loss. Pub Date: 7/1/14 $25.99 Hardback / Cloth over Author Bio boards Raphael Kellman, MD, is the author of two books, including Gut Reactions. Trained at Beth Israel Hospital, Lenox Hill Hospital, and St. John's Hospital, he has conducted research at Sloan­Kettering and maintains a 352 pages private practice in Manhattan.

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The Probiotic Miracle Transform Your Health, Prevent Illness, and Reverse Disease Michelle Schoffro Cook

Discover the secrets to health, wellness, and super immunity in this exploration of the healing properties of probiotics, complete with prescriptive tips and healthy recipes

Summary While probiotics are known to be essential for digestive health, new research reveals that they can also improve a host of other conditions, from allergies to arthritis, depression to obesity. Probiotics have even been shown to inhibit cancer. By taking the right strains of live probiotic bacteria in the right quantities at the right time, you can transform your health and increase your body's resistance to ailments and disease.

Unfortunately, there's little knowledge of how best to use these micro­miracle workers. In this new book, Dr. Da Capo Lifelong Books Michelle Schoffro Cook demonstrates the link between gastrointestinal health and overall well­being and explains 9780738217956 how probiotics can be used to address a range of medical issues, including antibiotic­resistant superbugs. With Pub Date: 2/3/15 $25.99 tips on finding the best probiotics and recipes for naturally fermented foods, The Probiotic Miracle is a cutting­ Hardback / Cloth over edge prescription for overall wellness. boards Author Bio 288 pages Michelle Schoffro Cook, MSc, PhD, RNCP, ROHP, holds advanced degrees in natural health and holistic nutrition and has two decades experience in the field. She has written several books on health and wellness and has been featured in Woman's World, First for Women, the Huffington Post, and more. She is the publisher of the popular health e­newsletter World's Healthiest News and is a regular blogger for HealthySurvivalist.com, Care2.com, and WorldsHealthiestDiet.com. She lives in British Columbia, Canada. DrMichelleCook.com

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DA CAPO LIFELONG BOOKS Weekend Wonder Detox Quick Cleanses to Strengthen Your Body and Enhance Your Beauty Michelle Schoffro Cook

Easy, spa­like, DIY detox plans targeted to specific health and wellness concerns (liver health, beauty, vitality, and more) from the author of The 4­Week Ultimate Body Detox Plan and The Ultimate pH Solution.

Summary Leave lethargy behind, shed excess weight, and get clear, glowing skin!

Detox regimens can be expensive, lengthy, and difficult to follow­­and often don't deliver the results you want. Now, health expert and author Michelle Schoffro Cook offers a fresh approach to purifying your body: spa­style weekends to have you looking and feeling great in just days! Da Capo Lifelong Books 9780738217369 Pub Date: 4/29/14 These mini­detoxes help you to reset your natural body chemistry and improve organ function for overall health. $16.99 First, Dr. Cook's quiz helps you pinpoint which areas need attention. You can then choose from six targeted Paperback / softback / tune­up plans­­from the Love Your Liver weekend to the Fat Blast Weekend, you'll be able to address your Trade paperback (US) specific concerns. Each Weekend Wonder Detox plan features: 320 pages Meal plans and shopping lists based on delicious, toxin­busting superfoods Easy recipes for hearty salads, protein­rich meals, and detox­promoting beverages Gentle herbal remedies and system­balancing spa treatments Strategies to establish healthful habits in your everyday life

No matter how busy your schedule or how stressful your life, you'll look for... Author Bio Michelle Schoffro Cook, MSc, PhD, RNCP, ROHP, holds advanced degrees in natural health and holistic nutrition and has two decades' experience in the field. The author of fifteen books on health and wellness, Dr. Cook lives in British Columbia, Canada. drmichellecook.com

Living Candida­Free 100 Recipes and a 3­Phase Program to Restore Your Health and Vitality Ricki Heller, Andrea Nakayama

An easy plan, including recipes and lifestyle tips, for conquering systemic candida.

Summary From a popular health and wellness blogger and author, an expansive, programmatic approach to following an anti­candida diet­in three stages and 100 recipes.

Candida is a type of yeast that grows in the human body. An overgrowth of it has been found to be at the root of health problems, from chronic fatigue and digestion disorders to skin conditions and allergies; health Da Capo Lifelong Books professionals are calling it a hidden epidemic. One of the main instigators of candida overgrowth is sugar, which 9780738217758 the average American consumes at the rate of more than 70 pounds per year. Pub Date: 1/27/15 $18.99 Living Candida­Free offers a complete exploration of this condition and an expansive approach for anyone wishing Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) to follow an anti­candida diet. A comprehensive guidebook for living a life free of refined sugar, Living Candida­ Free includes a three­stage program; tips on how to transition to eating the anti­candida way; information on 256 pages herbal supplements and treatments; a full list of substitutions; and delicious, satisfying recipes that anyone can 16­page full color insert prepare. Author Bio Ricki Heller is an author, blogger, and instructor who has worked with food­from running a catering business to teaching cooking classes to writing cookbooks­for over 20 years. Her blog was nominated for SHAPE magazine's "Best Healthy Eating Blog" 2011 and named one of Saveur.com's "Sites We Love" in 2009. Her articles and recipes have appeared in Clean Eating magazine, Living Without Magazine, Canadian Living Magazine, The Montreal Gazette, The Globe and Mail, Zoomer.com, Tonic Toronto and others. An Associate Editor for the new Simply Gluten­Free magazine (vegan cuisine section), Ricki is also a regular contributor to The Balanced Platter and Fitalicious.com. She shares recipes for sugar­free, gluten­free, allergy­friendly whole foods for an anti­candida lifestyle on her website.

RickiHeller.com

Andrea Nakayama, CNC, CNE, CHHC is a functional nutritionist, health writer, educator, and the founder of

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DA CAPO LIFELONG BOOKS Choosing Raw Making Raw Foods Part of the Way You Eat Gena Hamshaw

An accessible plan for anyone transitioning to a healthy, plant­based diet that highlights delicious, easy vegan and raw recipes.

Summary After her health journey led her to a plant­based diet, Gena Hamshaw started a blog for readers of all dietary stripes looking for a common­ sense approach to healthy eating and fuss­free recipes. Choosing Raw, the book, does in an in depth manner what the blog has done for hundreds of thousands of readers: addresses the questions and concerns for any newcomer to veganism; makes a plant­based diet with many raw options feel Da Capo Lifelong Books 9780738216874 easy instead of intimidating; provides a starter kit of delicious recipes; and offers a mainstream, scientifically Pub Date: 7/1/14 sound perspective on healthy living. $19.99 Paperback / softback / With more than 100 recipes, sumptuous food photos, and innovative and wholesome meal plans sorted in levels Trade paperback (US) from newcomer to plantbased pro, Hamshaw offers a simple path to health and wellness. With a foreword by Kris 288 pages Carr,New York Times­bestselling author of Crazy Sexy Diet, Choosing Raw is a primer in veganism, a cookbook, 75 full­color photographs the story of one woman's journey to health, and a love letter to the lifestyle that transformed her relationship with food. Author Bio Gena Hamshaw is a certified clinical nutritionist and author of the popular blog Choosing Raw. Her work has been published in O Magazine, VegNews Magazine, Food52,and Whole Living Daily. A former book editor, Gena is currently a pre­medical, post­baccalaureate student. She hopes to bring an integrated and evidence­based approach to a career in health care.

Salad Samurai 100 Cutting­Edge, Ultra­Hearty, Easy­to­Make Salads You Don't Have to Be Vegan to Love Terry Hope Romero

Go beyond the pale of iceberg lettuce with recipes for indulgent salads of plant­based proteins, vibrant veggies, and zesty dressings.

Summary As coauthor of the bestselling vegan desserts series (including Vegan Cupcakes Take Over the World) and plant­ based bible Veganomicon, and author of the go­ to international cookbooks Viva Vegan! and Vegan Eats World, Terry Hope Romero knows her veggies. Now she's turning to the new American staple: entreé salads.

Da Capo Lifelong Books Salad Samurai invites you to dig in to the versatile world of meatless, dairy­free entrees built on whole­food 9780738214870 ingredients. Salads aren't just for warm months; Romero tackles meals based on seasonal ingredients,with Pub Date: 7/1/14 recipes for fall (hazel nuts and roasted shiitake butter nut salad), winter (shaved fennel, clementine, pecan $19.99 Paperback / softback / tempeh toss­up; gingery beets and lentils with tahini and date honey), spring (spring green sand peas in sassy Trade paperback (US) rhubarb dressing; deconstructed spring quiche), and summer (East­West roasted corn salad; summer squash Pad Thai noodles). With sections devoted to brown­bagging it and work­friendly,kid­friendly,gluten­free, high­protein 192 pages recipes loaded with superfoods, Romero shows you how to build killer salads that are satisfying, healthy, and full­color photos throughout scrumptious. Author Bio Terry Hope Romero is the author of several bestselling and award­winning cookbooks and, in 2011, she was named Favorite Cookbook Author by VegNews. She lives, cooks, and eats in Queens, New York, and can be found on the web at veganlatina.com.

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DA CAPO LIFELONG BOOKS Skinny Juices 101 Juice Recipes for Detox and Weight Loss Danielle Omar

Recipes for fruit and vegetable juices that promote weight loss and detoxification­with information on incorporating juicing into a healthier lifestyle.

Summary Juicing is the perfect way to cleanse the body with living enzymes, mineral­rich hydration, and easy­to­absorb nutrients. Many experts agree that juicing is the best way to banish toxins­but store­bought juices can be expensive. Skinny Juices is an easy­to­use guide covering all the basics: the difference between juicing and blending, the philosophy behind juicing and detoxification, how to prep a detox­friendly kitchen, and tips for choosing the right juicer.

Da Capo Lifelong Books The heart of Skinny Juices is 101 recipes emphasizing super foods and special health­promoting ingredients, 9780738217574 along with a ten­day weight loss plan that incorporates clean eating. With detailed information on superfood Pub Date: 7/1/14 $16.00 ingredients that support detox, a list of foods to juice for specific nutrients, substitution suggestions, and tips Paperback / softback / and tricks for saving money, you'll learn how to squeeze the most out of juicing! Trade paperback (US) Author Bio 364 pages 8 pages of color photos Danielle Omar, MS, RD, is a registered dietitian and culinary nutritionist with a private practice based in northern Virginia. She has appeared on NBC's Nightline and the Food Network and been featured in Women's Health, Shape, and Fitness magazines.

The Vegiterranean Diet Indulge in Your Favorite Mediterranean Cuisine for Optimal Health and Weight Loss Julieanna Hever

A vegan twist on the popular Mediterranean diet plan from dietician, author, Veria network host, and VegNews columnist

Summary The Mediterranean diet has been the gold standard dietary pattern for decades, and with good reason: it has been linked with lowered risks of cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes, and Alzheimer's. But scientific research has found that animal products­including seafood, poultry, eggs, and dairy (which are all a part of the traditional Mediterranean diet)­are associated with excess weight, chronic disease,and ecological degradation.

Da Capo Lifelong Books 9780738217895 Now, registered dietitian and plant­based expert Julieanna Hever transforms the Mediterranean diet into the Pub Date: 12/23/14 "Vegiterranean" diet with whole­plant foods that more effectively promote long­term health and weight $17.99 management than the common Mediterranean meal plan. With Vegiterranean meal basics, nutritional concerns, Paperback / softback / flexible menus, and more than forty easy, delicious recipes, you'll reap the benefits of the most researched and Trade paperback (US) beloved diet­made even healthier. 272 pages Author Bio Julieanna Hever, M.S., R.D., C.P.T. is a Registered Dietitian and the host of the new talk show series What Would Julieanna Do? on Veria Living Network. Julieanna is the author of The Complete Idiot's Guide to Plant­ Based Nutrition, co­author of The Complete Idiot's Guide to Gluten­Free Vegan Cooking, and the nutrition columnist for VegNews Magazine. Julieanna served as a Special Consultant for the documentary Forks Over Knives and contributed recipes to the New York Times bestselling Forks Over Knives books. As the Executive Director of EarthSave, International, Julieanna brings whole food, plant­based nutrition to the forefront of efforts to improve the current global health crisis. Julieanna has been featured on The Dr. Oz Show, The Steve Harvey Show, The Marie Osmond Show, Reluctantly Healthy, and E! News; she co­stars on The Chef and The Dietitian and lectures extensively throughout the United States.

www.PlantBasedDietitian.com

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DA CAPO LIFELONG BOOKS Good Morning Paleo More Than 150 Easy Favorites to Start Your Day, Gluten­ and Grain­Free Jane Barthelemy

100­125 recipes for delectable Paleo recipes to start your day from the author of Paleo Desserts, Jane Barthelemy.

Summary The paleo trend is here to stay. From Practical Paleo to Everyday Paleo to Paleo Comfort Foods , readers are clamoring for healthier, tastier recipes. And it's not just fitness enthusiasts; millions of men and women are looking for low carb, nutritious meals for weight loss and better all­ around health, using natural, unprocessed ingredients that our Paleolithic ancestors ate for generations. With its emphasis on grain­ free and dairy­ free Da Capo Lifelong Books recipes, families with gluten or lactose intolerances also benefit from the Paleo diet. 9780738217451 Pub Date: 6/3/14 $18.99 Healthy eating expert Jane Barthelemy, whose Paleo Desserts has established her as a go­to ­ source for easy Paperback / softback / grain­ free indulgences, now turns to breakfast­one of the more difficult meals for Paleo eaters. Barthelemy's Trade paperback (US) recipes are the perfect solution for special diets, such as allergen­ free, celiac, diabetic, and anti­ candida. 304 pages What's more, the recipes­ even the ones for breakfast sweets replace any refined sugar with high­ quality, low­ carb natural sweeteners.

With 150 easy favorites like baked eggs in avocado with bacon, Paleo bread, lemon poppyseed mu... Author Bio Jane Barthelemy has served as Dessert Chef, Head Chef, and CFO of various restaurants and bakeries around the country. She has been writing and teaching seminars on health food since 2009. Visit her blog at JanesHealthyKitchen.com.

The Complete Guide to Living Well Gluten­Free Everything You Need to Know to Go from Surviving to Thriving Beth Hillson

The everything­you­need­to­know guide to living gluten­free, whether you are celiac, gluten­sensitive or gluten­avoidant, from the president of the American Celiac Disease Alliance.

Summary Perhaps you've been diagnosed with celiac disease, gluten sensitivity, or a wheat allergy. Or maybe you feel bloated when you eat gluten and want to give the gluten­free diet a try. Whatever the reason, The Complete Guide to Living Well Gluten­Free will help you navigate your new world. President of the American Celiac Disease Alliance Beth Hillson has been living with celiac for thirty­five years and parents a child with it. For decades, she has answered questions on the g­f life, tackling everything from diagnosis (Which physicians and specialists are the best choices to get an accurate diagnosis?) to cooking (Is buckwheat a form of wheat?) to lifestyle (What Da Capo Lifelong Books are the most important questions to ask when dining out?). The Complete Guide to Living Well Gluten­Free is the 9780738217086 everything­you­need­to­know guide to a healthy lifestyle. Pub Date: 9/9/14 $17.99 Paperback / softback / Author Bio Trade paperback (US) Beth Hillson is one of the leading experts on the gluten­free diet and lifestyle in the United States. She is the president of the American Celiac Disease Alliance, and founder of one of the first gluten­free companies, Gluten­ 336 pages Free Pantry, as well as the Food Editor of Living Without, the leading magazine for gluten­free and other special diets. She lives in Connecticut. glutenfreemakeovers.com

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DA CAPO LIFELONG BOOKS Sweet Eats for All 250 Decadent Gluten­Free, Vegan Recipes­­from Candy to Cookies, Puff Pastries to Petits Fours Allyson Kramer

More than 250 decadent recipes, all vegan and gluten­free, including options free of common allergens (such as soy, nuts, corn, beans) and refined sugar.

Summary From a popular blogger and gluten­free vegan cook: a comprehensive guide to making allergy­friendly sweet treats for any diet, complete with options free of refined sugar.

Are your food allergies or special diet making it hard to satisfy your sweet tooth? Dessert lovers, take heart: Da Capo Lifelong Books 9780738217307 Sweet Eats for All provides creative twists on classic confections for people following all sorts of special diets. Pub Date: 11/11/14 Recipes include steadfast staples like German chocolate cake and key lime pie alongside innovative dishes like $23.99 matcha­cashew ice cream and chocolate butternut pots de crème. You'll also find tips, techniques, and common Paperback / softback / conversions and substitutions. Each gluten­free vegan recipe is clearly labeled as soy­free, nut­free, or corn­ Trade paperback (US) free, and the book dedicates an entire chapter to desserts free of refined sugar. 304 pages 125 photos, full color Author Bio throughout Allyson Kramer is the author of Great Gluten Free Vegan Eats, Great Gluten­Free Vegan Eats From Around the World, and the founder, recipe developer, and photographer for the her own website featuring completely gluten­free, animal­friendly recipes and food photography. Kramer has a degree in fine arts and over 15 years' experience in vegan baking, candy and pastry making, and has become an authority on gluten­free vegan cuisine. Her recipes have been featured on popular websites such as Endless Simmer, The Kitchn, Slashfood, PlanetGreen, This Dish is Veg, Foodgawker, EatDrinkBetter, Tastespotting and The Vegan Society. She writes her own Allergy­Free Column in VegNews Magazine and is a regular contributor to VegNews.com.

www.allysonkramer.com

The Gluten­Free Vegetarian Family Cookbook 150 Healthy Recipes for Meals, Snacks, Sides, Desserts, and More Susan O'Brien

Over 100 vegetarian, gluten­free recipes with a focus on well­balanced, complex­carb, high­protein and family­ friendly dishes.

Summary The increasingly popular gluten­free lifestyle has nearly 30 percent of Americans avoiding gluten because of celiac disease, gluten sensitivity, or a desire to improve their health. Unfortunately, gluten­free foods can actually be less healthy because they are higher in starch and simple carbohydrates. This can make eating a well­balanced gluten­free diet challenging, especially for busy parents trying to make meals the whole family will Da Capo Lifelong Books enjoy. 9780738217482 Pub Date: 2/3/15 $17.99 The Gluten­Free Vegetarian Family Cookbook offers nutritious, delicious, kid­friendly recipes that incorporate Paperback / softback / complex carbs with ingredients like almond and coconut flours, chia, quinoa, and teff. With recipes like Power­ Trade paperback (US) Packed Carrot Muffins, Roasted Spaghetti Squash­Thai Style, "Sloppy Junes," and Veggie Quinoa Burgers, this 224 pages cookbook has 150 ways to keep your family happy and healthy even on your busiest days. 8 pages of color photos Author Bio Susan O'Brien is a gourmet cook, baker, cooking instructor, and food­management consultant.

www.SusanOBrien.org

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DA CAPO LIFELONG BOOKS Almonds Every Which Way More than 150 Healthy & Delicious Almond Milk, Almond Flour, and Almond Butter Recipes Brooke McLay

A cookbook dedicated to almond and almond­based ingredients, which are often used in vegan, paleo, and gluten­free diets, from a popular blogger (CheekyKitchen.com) and recipe developer.

Summary Almonds are everywhere, and with good reason! Full of vitamin E, magnesium, protein, fiber, calcium, and more, this superfood delivers lots of health benefits in a delicious little package. When almonds are made into grain­free flour, non­dairy milk, and nut butter, these easy alternatives to wheat flour, dairy, and peanut butter support a variety of diets­­vegan to gluten­free, vegetarian to Paleo. Whether you're following a particular way of eating Da Capo Lifelong Books or just looking to add variety to your cooking, Almonds Every Which Way offers key info for incorporating more 9780738217383 Pub Date: 3/11/14 nutritious foods into your diet, including: $18.99 Paperback / softback / l Trade paperback (US) l Basic recipes for homemade almond milks, butters, and flours 272 pages l 16 pages of color photos l Easy tips and tricks for using and storing almond ingredients l l Nutritional info for each recipe l l Designations for gluten­free, allergy­free, dairy­free, vegetarian, vegan, and Paleo options l

And, of course, the recipes: you'll find more than 150 scrumptious almond­based dishes, from breakfast favorites like smoothies, pancakes, and croissants, to sandwiches, snacks, and easy, family­pleasing entrees like fish tacos and... Author Bio Brooke McLay is food writer, food photographer, and recipe developer for Disney's Babble, Tablespoon.com, Good Cook, Coupons.com, and SuFru. She lives in Salt Lake City with her four groovy kids. Find more of Brooke's original quick, simple, healthy recipes on her blog, CheekyKitchen.com. Mastering the Art of Quitting Why It Matters in Life, Love, and Work Peg Streep, Alan Bernstein

Mastering the Art of Quitting explores the "myth of persistence" and the fascinating psychology of why and how we sabotage ourselves by holding on to the familiar.

Summary Find out why the happiest, most successful people have the ability both to persist and to quit.

In a culture that perceives quitting as a last resort and urges us to hang in, Mastering the Art of Quitting tackles our tendencies to overanalyze, ruminate, and put a positive spin on goals that have outlived their usefulness.

Bestselling author Peg Streep and psychotherapist Alan Bernstein demonstrate that persistence alone isn't Da Capo Lifelong Books always the answer. We also need to be able to quit to get the most out of life. They reveal simple truths that 9780738216546 apply to goal setting and achievement in all areas of life, including love, relationships, and work: Pub Date: 12/24/13 $24.99 Hardback / Cloth over l Quitting promotes growth and learning, as well as the ability to frame new goals. boards l Without the ability to give up, most people will end up in a discouraging loop. 272 pages l The most satisfied people know when it's time to stop persisting and start quitting. l Quitting is a healthy, adaptive response when a goal can't be reached.

Featuring compelling stories of people who successfully quit, along with helpful questionnaires and goal maps to guide you on the right... Author Bio Peg Streep was educated at the University of Pennsylvania and Columbia University, and is the author or coauthor of ten books, including Mean Mothers and the bestselling Necessary Journeys, with Dr. Nancy L. Snyderman. She is a blogger at PsychologyToday.com. She lives in New York.

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DA CAPO LIFELONG BOOKS The Power of Positive Confrontation The Skills You Need to Handle Conflicts at Work, at Home, Online, and in Life, completely revised and updated edition Barbara Pachter

Completely revised step­by­step guide to tackling conflict­personal or professional­now includes an updated section on navigating sticky situations online.

Summary The Power of Positive Confrontation explains that there's more to conflict than bullies and wimps. In fact, Barbara Pachter details a wide range of positive, dignified, and effective behavior readers can practice when dealing with life's bothersome situations. Whether it's an overbearing mother­in­law, a freeloading coworker, or the self­appointed political pundit pontificating on Facebook, this book gives readers the tools they need to handle every difficult conversation calmly and effectively. Da Capo Lifelong Books 9780738217598 Author Bio Pub Date: 7/1/14 Barbara Pachter is the author of ten books, an adjunct professor at Rutgers University's School of Business, a $16.99 Paperback / softback / business communications consultant, and popular public speaker. She lives in New Jersey. Pachter.com Trade paperback (US) Markup Note: Rights Sold: Arabic: Jarir Bookstore 272 pages

The Heart Health Bible The 5­Step Plan to Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease John M. Kennedy

John M. Kennedy, M.D., a leader in the dynamic field of preventative cardiology, draws on two decades of experience as an invasive cardiologist, as well as his own work in the field of integrative medicine, to offer an empowering "outside­the­box" approach to total heart health as a foundational set...

Summary Follow your H­E­A­R­T

Heart disease remains the #1 killer of men and women in the U.S., claiming nearly one million lives each year­ more than ever before, despite recent advances in medical research that are paving the way for us to live longer, healthier lives. Our supercharged modern lifestyle can still damage our hearts and put us in danger of Da Capo Lifelong Books cardiovascular events. The good news is that, in most cases, optimal heart health can be achieved without a 9780738217185 prescription. Yet there's no "magic bullet" or quick fix­reversing and ultimately preventing heart disease requires Pub Date: 2/4/14 $15.99 a long­term, sustainable approach. In The Heart Health Bible, Dr. John M. Kennedy draws on more than twenty Paperback / softback / years of experience as a preventative and interventional cardiologist to offer an empowering approach to heart Trade paperback (US) health with H­E­A­R­T, a five­point plan to lower your risk of cardiovascular disease: 304 pages Heal your blood pressure Energize your heart Act on fat Reduce blood sugar Tackle triglycerides

Dr. Kennedy show how to incorporate each of these steps into your daily routine, creating a foundation for wellness that c... Author Bio John M. Kennedy, MD is a board member of the American Heart Association, a clinical associate professor of cardiology at Harbor­UCLA Medical Center, a recognized expert in the field of invasive cardiology, and a much sought after authority on complimentary medical approaches. He has successfully helped thousands of patients with his pioneering to preventative cardiology since beginning his practice 20 years ago. For more information,

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DA CAPO LIFELONG BOOKS The Pregnant Athlete How to Stay in Your Best Shape Ever­­Before, During, and After Pregnancy Brandi Dion, Steven Dion, McIntosh Perry, Joel Hel...

Triathlete, certified personal trainer, and mom Brandi Dion's go­to guide for highly athletic women who want to stay fit and participate in their sport during pregnancy. Written with an exercise physiologist and OB/GYN.

Summary The Go­To Guide to Keep You Active and Healthy During Your Pregnancy and Beyond

Whether you're a professional athlete or a dedicated weekend warrior, you're serious about your sport and your commitment to fitness. But now that you're pregnant, you may be getting conflicting health and exercise advice Da Capo Lifelong Books from your family, friends, and doctors. With all the concerns and misinformation, it's hard to know where to turn 9780738217260 Pub Date: 4/29/14 for accurate, supportive guidance so you can have a safe, healthy pregnancy and maintain a high level of $17.99 fitness. Now, in The Pregnant Athlete, triathlete/trainer mom Brandi Dion, fitness professional Steven Dion, and Paperback / softback / OB/GYN Joel Heller have teamed up to offer: Trade paperback (US)

272 pages l Practical information on how your body changes each month, and how to gauge your own limits B&W Exercise Photos l Flexible workout plans for strength, cardiovascular conditioning, agility, and balance for each stage of throughout pregnancy and the postpartum period l Facts and tips about eating well to support pregnancy and fuel your workouts l The truth about old wives' tales and common pregnancy myths and misconceptions

With expert advice and medica... Author Bio Brandi Dion, BS, NSCA­CPT, USAT Level 1 Coach, CrossFit L1, CrossFit Endurance L1, is an athlete, certified personal trainer, triathlon coach, and mother. She is a co­partner at B&S Fitness Programs with Steven Dion, EdD, CrossFit L1, a professor of health education and chair of the Sport and Movement Science Department at Salem State University. They live with their two children in Salem, Massachusetts.

Joel Heller, MD, is an obstetrician­gynecologist and a fellow of the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology. His patients include marathon runners, triathletes, and fitness and Pilates instructors.

Mindfulness, 25th anniversary edition Ellen J. Langer

A classic in social psychology about the concept of mindfulness

Summary In the years since it was first published, this influential book based on the highly innovative findings of social psychologist Dr. Ellen J. Langer and her team of researchers at Harvard made its mark for its unique concept of mindfulness, thoroughly adapted to contemporary life in the West. Langer's theory has been applied to a wide number of fields, including health, business, aging, prejudice, and learning. There is now a new psychological assessment based on her work (called the Langer Mindfulness Scale) as well as an institute in Mexico founded to apply the concepts of mindfulness to health and wellness. In her introduction to this 25th anniversary edition, Dr. Langer outlines some of these exciting applications and suggests those still to come. Da Capo Lifelong Books Author Bio 9780738217994 Ellen Langer Ph.D. , Professor of Psychology at Harvard University,. is the author The Psychology of Control, Pub Date: 10/14/14 Mindfulness, The Power of Mindful Learning, On Becoming an Artist and Counterclockwise. Here work has been $15.99 Paperback / softback / translated into a dozen languages.She is the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship and numerous awards Trade paperback (US) including the Award for Distinguished Contributions to Psychology in the Public Interest of the American Psychological Association.. 272 pages Markup Note: Rights Sold: Chinese (comp.): Ecus Publishing House; Chinese (simp.): Cheersbooks; Italian: Corbaccio; Japanese: PHP Institute

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DA CAPO LIFELONG BOOKS The Myth of the Spoiled Child Challenging the Conventional Wisdom about Children and Parenting Alfie Kohn

Parenting and education expert Alfie Kohn tackles the misconception that overparenting and overindulgence has produced a modern generation of entitled children incapable of making their way in the world.

Summary Somehow, a set of deeply conservative assumptions about children­­what they're like and how they should be raised­­have congealed into the conventional wisdom in our society. Parents are accused of being both permissive and overprotective, unwilling to set limits and afraid to let their kids fail. Young people, meanwhile, are routinely described as entitled and narcissistic...among other unflattering adjectives.

In The Myth of the Spoiled Child, Alfie Kohn systematically debunks these beliefs­­not only challenging erroneous Da Capo Lifelong Books factual claims but also exposing the troubling ideology that underlies them. Complaints about pushover parents 9780738217246 and coddled kids are hardly new, he shows, and there is no evidence that either phenomenon is especially Pub Date: 3/25/14 $25.99 widespread today­­let alone more common than in previous generations. Moreover, new research reveals that Hardback / Cloth over helicopter parenting is quite rare and, surprisingly, may do more good than harm when it does occur. The major boards threat to healthy child development, John argues, is posed by parenting that is too controlling rather than too 280 pages indulgent.

With the sam... Author Bio Alfie Kohn is the author of twelve previous books­­including The Homework Myth, Unconditional Parenting, and Punished by Rewards­­and hundreds of articles. His work has helped to shape the thinking of parents, educators, and social scientists throughout the world. A popular lecturer, he lives (actually) in the Boston area and (virtually) at alfiekohn.org.

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How Not to Calm a Child on a Plane And Other Lessons in Parenting from a Highly Questionable Source Johanna Stein

Hilarious linked essays about parenthood from film and TV writer/director/producer/actor whose work has been seen on Comedy Central, The Disney Channel, PBS, The Oxygen Network, VH­1, and in the New York Times and the Huffington Post.

Summary Looking for the perfect book to help you survive childbirth and parenting with your sanity intact?

Look elsewhere.

For Johanna Stein (writer/comedian/forward/slash/abuser and occasionally neurotic/immature/way­too­candid Da Capo Lifelong Books mom), parenting is an extreme sport. Her stories from the trenches may not always be shared experiences­Have 9780738217345 you ever wondered if your baby's "soft spot" is like a delete key? Trained your preschooler for a zombie Pub Date: 4/29/14 $19.99 invasion? Accused a nearly nude stranger of being pregnant? Made sweet, bimonthly love to your spouse while Hardback / Cloth over your toddler serenaded you through the adjoining wall? Attempted to calm your screaming baby on an airplane boards with a hand puppet, only to have it lead to one of the most disgusting experiences of your life?­but they will 256 pages always make you laugh.

So, no, this book won't teach you how to deal with nipple blisters or Oedipal complexes. But if you want to learn why you should never attempt to play a practical joke in the hospital delivery room, then you're in the right place. Author Bio As a writer, director, and actor, Johanna Stein's work has appeared on Comedy Central, Nickelodeon, PBS, HBO, CBS, the Oxygen Network, VH1, the Disney Channel, and all across the Internets, where her comedy shorts, PSAs, and popular Yahoo! web series "Life of Mom" have been viewed millions of times. In addition to her TV and film work, Johanna's essays have been published in such outlets as the New York Times, Parents Magazine, and the Huffington Post.

Johanna lives in Southern California with her husband, their daughter, and a tiny boy­faced dog who once ate a couch.

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DA CAPO LIFELONG BOOKS Parenting on the Go Birth to Six, A to Z David Elkind

A resource for today's parents of infants and young children with succinct answers to the most common questions.

Summary Today's parents need a resource that fits their busy lifestyles, providing brief and pointed answers to the daily ques­tions that come up when you're raising kids. But most parenting books are lengthy tomes elaborating the broad principles of parenting. Parenting On­the­Go offers a novel approach to the crowded genre: an authoritative yet quick and easy reference for the harried parents of infants and children under six. Covering more than 100 key issues in succinct entries, it is both comprehensive and precise. Dr. David Elkind draws from his own research and experience as a child clinical psychologist along with the most recent studies. The Da Capo Lifelong Books American School Board Journal recently described Elkind as an expert who offers simple, practical guidance for 9780738217505 parents and educators "to foster health, intelligence, and creativity in children." Parenting On­the­Go is a display Pub Date: 7/8/14 $14.99 of that expertise and comforting sensibility that tackles everything from autism spectrum disorders and daycare Paperback / softback / centers to vaccinations and taking your kids to the zoo. Trade paperback (US) Author Bio 288 pages David Elkind, PhD, is the author of a dozen books, including The Hurried Child and All Grown Up and No Place to Go. He lives outside of Boston and on Cape Cod.

The Rebel of Rangoon A Tale of Defiance and Deliverance in Burma Delphine Schrank

Summary Set in the trenches of a nonviolent pro­democracy opposition in a dark and hermetically sealed country on the verge of massive transformation, The Rebel of Rangoon tracks a revolution in real time. Journalist Delphine Schrank spent four years undercover among dissidents in the Burmese underground­eavesdropping in teashops, across flickering online connections, and in mud­moated rural hamlets. Through their stories of courage and sacrifice, she explores the dilemmas and passions of Burma's ragged and diffuse inter­generational revolutionary movement, whose existence and ultimate triumph against one of the world's most repressive governments has remained largely submerged behind that of their globally celebrated figurehead, Aung San Suu Kyi.

The Rebel of Rangoon is the story of a Sisyphean struggle against oppression, and of the ambiguities arising in Nation Books the glory of its unexpected resolution. A young man in contemporary Burma­ Nway­becomes a dissident and a 9781568584980 leader in the latest generation of a movement shaped by decades of opposition to authoritarian rule. Through his Pub Date: 2/3/15 tale, and the tale... $25.99 Hardback / Cloth over boards Author Bio Delphine Schrank, a freelance writer based in Washington DC, is a contributing editor to the Virginia Quarterly 320 pages Review and a former staff reporter, editor, and foreign correspondent for the Washington Post. She is a fellow with the East­West Center in Washington and a writer focused on resource­rich fragile states in Southeast Asia and Africa. Her work has appeared in The Atlantic, Foreign Policy, Mother Jones, Time, and the Washington Post. Previously, she was a co­founder and contributing editor for www.janera.com, and worked as a sub­editor and correspondent for Time magazine. She has a B.A and an MA Degree in Modern History from Oxford University and a Master of International Affairs from Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA).

Schrank lives in Washington, DC.

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NATION BOOKS Kill the Messenger How the CIA's Crack­Cocaine Controversy Destroyed Journalist Gary Webb Nick Schou, Charles Bowden

Summary Kill the Messenger tells the story of the tragic death of Gary Webb, the controversial newspaper reporter who committed suicide in December 2004. Webb is the former San Jose Mercury News reporter whose 1996 "Dark Alliance" series on the so­called CIA­crack cocaine connection created a firestorm of controversy and led to his resignation from the paper amid escalating attacks on his work by the mainstream media. Author and Nation Books investigative journalist Nick Schou published numerous articles on the controversy and was the only reporter to 9781568584713 significantly advance Webb's stories. Pub Date: 9/25/14 $15.99 Drawing on exhaustive research and highly personal interviews with Webb's family, colleagues, supporters and Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) critics, this book argues convincingly that Webb's editors betrayed him, despite mounting evidence that his stories were correct. Kill the Messenger examines the "Dark Alliance" controversy, what it says about the current 256 pages state of journalism in America, and how it led Webb to ultimately take his own life.

Webb's widow, Sue Bell Stokes, remains an ardent defender of her ex­husband. By combining her story with a ... Author Bio Nick Schou is an award­winning investigative journalist with OC Weekly who has also written for LA Weekly , the San Francisco Bay Guardian, and the Washington City Paper. He is the author of Orange Sunshine: The Brotherhood of Eternal Love and its Quest to Spread Peace, Love, and Acid to the World (Thomas Dunne, 2010) and The Weed Runners: Travels With the Outlaw Capitalists of America's Medical Marijuana Trade (Chicago Review Press, 2013). He lives in Long Beach, CA.

They Know Everything About You How Data­Collecting Corporations and Snooping Government Agencies Are Destroying Democracy Robert Scheer

Summary In the first week of June 2013, the American people discovered that for a decade, they had abjectly traded their individual privacy for the chimera of national security. The revelation that the federal government has full access to all phone records and the vast trove of presumably private personal data posted on the Internet has brought the threat of a surveillance society to the fore.

But the erosion of privacy rights extends far beyond big government. Big business has long played a leading role in the hollowing out of personal freedoms. In this new book, Robert Scheer shows how our most intimate habits, from private correspondence, book pages read, and lists of friends and phone conversations have been

seamlessly combined in order to create a detailed map of an individual's social and biological DNA. Nation Books 9781568584522 From wiretapping to lax social media security, from domestic spy drones to sophisticated biometrics, both the Pub Date: 1/6/15 United States government and private corporate interests have dangerously undermined the delicate balance $26.99 Hardback / Cloth over between national security and individual sovereignty. Without priva... boards Author Bio 304 pages Robert Scheer, former national affairs correspondent and columnist for the Los Angeles Times, is the editor­in­ TBD chief of the Webby Award­winning online magazine Truthdig and professor at the University of Southern California's Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism. Scheer is also a co­host of the weekly political radio program "Left, Right & Center" on KCRW, the National Public Radio affiliate in Santa Monica, California. He is the author, most recently, of The Pornography of Power and The Great American Stickup.

Scheer lives in Los Angeles, CA.

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NATION BOOKS Lords of Secrecy The National Security Elite and America's Stealth Warfare Scott Horton

Horton argues that the rise of the National Security State is stabbing at the heart of American democracy.

Summary State secrecy is increasingly used as the explanation for the shrinking of public discussion surrounding national security issues. The phrase "that's classified" is increasingly used not to protect national secrets from legitimate enemies, but rather to stifle public discourse regarding national security. Washington today is inclined to see secrecy as a convenient cure to many of its problems. But too often these problems are not challenges to national security, they involve the embarrassment of political figures, disclosure of mismanagement, incompetence and corruption and even outright criminality.

Nation Books For national security issues to figure in democratic deliberation, the public must have access to basic facts that 9781568587455 underlie the issues. The more those facts disappear under a cloak of state secrecy, the less space remains for Pub Date: 1/6/15 democratic process and the more deliberation falls into the hands of largely unelected national security elites. $26.99 Hardback / Cloth over The way out requires us to think much more critically and systematically about secrecy and its role in a boards democratic state. 256 pages Author Bio TBD Scott Horton is a Contributing Editor at Harper's magazine and writes No Comment for the website. A New York attorney known for his work in emerging markets and international law, especially human rights law and the law of armed conflict, Horton lectures at Columbia Law School. A life­long human rights advocate, Horton served as counsel to Andrei Sakharov and Elena Bonner, among other activists in the former Soviet Union.

Horton lives in New York.

The Bargain from the Bazaar A Family's Day of Reckoning in Lahore Haroon K. Ullah

Summary Awais Reza is a shopkeeper in Lahore's Anarkali Bazaar­the largest open market in South Asia­whose labyrinthine streets teem with shoppers, rickshaws, and cacophonous music.

But Anarkali's exuberant hubbub cannot conceal the fact that Pakistan is a country at the edge of a precipice. In recent years, the easy sociability that had once made up this vibrant community has been replaced with doubt and fear. Old­timers like Awais, who inherited his shop from his father and hopes one day to pass it on to his son, are being shouldered aside by easy money, discount stores, heroin peddlers, and the tyranny of fundamentalists.

PublicAffairs Every night before Awais goes to bed, he plugs in his cell phone and hopes. He hopes that the city will not be 9781610391665 plunged into a blackout, that the night will remain calm, that the following morning will bring affluent and happy Pub Date: 3/11/14 customers to his shop and, most of all, that his three sons will safely return home. Each of the boys, though, $25.99 has a very different vision of their, and Pakistan's, future. Hardback / Cloth over boards The Bargain from the Bazaar­the product of eight years of field research­... 256 pages none Author Bio Haroon K. Ullah is a scholar, diplomat, and field researcher specializing in South Asia and the Middle East. Born to South Asian parents, Haroon grew up in a farming community in Washington State and was trained at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government, where he served as a senior fellow and completed his MPA. He was a William J. Fulbright fellow, a Harvard University presidential scholar, a National Security Education Program fellow, and a Woodrow Wilson Public Service fellow. He is also the author of Vying for Allah's Vote.

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PUBLICAFFAIRS Me, Myself, and Us Lessons from the New Science of Personality Brian R Little

Summary In the past few decades, personality psychology has made considerable progress in raising new questions about human nature­and providing some provocative answers. New scientific research has transformed old ideas about personality based on the theories of Freud, Jung, and the humanistic psychologies of the nineteen sixties, which gave rise to the simplistic categorizations of the Meyer­Briggs Inventory and the 'enneagream'. But the general public still knows little about the new science and what it reveals about who we are.

In Me, Myself, and Us, Brian Little, one of the psychologists who helped re­shape the field, provides the first in­ depth exploration of the new personality science and its provocative findings for general readers. The book

explores questions that are rooted in the origins of human consciousness but are as commonplace as yesterday's PublicAffairs breakfast conversation. Are our first impressions of other people's personalities usually fallacious? Are creative 9781586489670 individuals essentially maladjusted? Are our personality traits, as William James put it "set like plaster" by the age Pub Date: 10/14/14 o... $26.99 Hardback / Cloth over boards Author Bio Dr. Brian Little is an internationally acclaimed scholar and speaker in the field of personality and motivational 288 pages psychology. Professor Little is currently at Cambridge University where he is a Distinguished Scholar and Director of the Social Ecology Research Group and a Distinguished Associate of the world renowned Cambridge Psychometrics Centre. Brian is also a Distinguished Research Professor Emeritus at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada and has previously taught at McGill, Oxford, and Harvard Universities. He was elected as a "Favorite Professor" by the graduating classes of Harvard for three consecutive years.

Professor Little's extensive research in personality psychology has been recognized with major awards, and he has published extensively in the fields of personality psychology and human development. He received his Ph.D.from the University of California at Berkeley, and now lives in Cambridge, England and Ottawa, Canada.

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The Next America Boomers, Millennials, and the Looming Generational Showdown Paul Taylor, Pew Research Center

Summary The America of the near future will look nothing like the America of the recent past.

America is in the throes of a demographic overhaul. Huge generation gaps have opened up in our political and social values, our economic well­being, our family structure, our racial and ethnic identity, our gender norms, our religious affiliation, and our technology use.

Today's Millennials­well­educated, tech savvy, underemployed twenty­somethings­are at risk of becoming the first generation in American history to have a lower standard of living than their parents. Meantime, more than

10,000 Baby Boomers are retiring every single day, most of them not as well prepared financially as they'd PublicAffairs hoped. This graying of our population has helped polarize our politics, put stresses on our social safety net, and 9781610393508 presented our elected leaders with a daunting challenge: How to keep faith with the old without bankrupting the Pub Date: 3/4/14 young and starving the future. $26.99 Hardback / Cloth over boards Every aspect of our demography is being fundamentally transformed. By mid­century, the population of the United States will be majority non­white and our m... 288 pages charts and graphs Author Bio Paul Taylor is the executive vice president of the Pew Research Center, where he oversees demographic, social, and generational research. He is the author of See How They Run and coauthor of The Old News Versus the New News. He is a former reporter with the Washington Post, where he covered presidential politics and served as a foreign correspondent. He and his wife live in Bethesda, Maryland.

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PUBLICAFFAIRS The Attacker's Advantage Uncertainty's Upside Ram Charan

Summary

The phenomenon of uncertainty is not new; what is new is its intensity and potential to change industries and destroy companies. Business leaders can be on the defensive, or they can be on offense, prepared to lead decisively. The ability to deal with uncertainty is perhaps the paramount skill leaders must have to be successful in this era. Without it they risk becoming personally obsolete and driving their companies off a cliff.

In The Attacker's Advantage, renowned business expert and bestselling author Ram Charan shows what skills are needed to be able to spot the disruption that is coming, and what actions are necessary to take advantage of these changes. While many leaders know how to cope with operational uncertainty­when, for example, revenue PublicAffairs fluctuates­the same cannot be said for dealing with structural uncertainty that can alter the money­making 9781610394741 patterns of a company, industry or entire economic sector. Charan demonstrates the huge upside offered by Pub Date: 12/23/14 $23.99 structural uncertainty and provides the concepts and tools­such as being able to spot the catalysts of Hardback / Cloth over disruption, building o... boards Author Bio 224 pages TBD Ram Charan is a world­renowned business advisor, author and speaker who has spent the past 35 years working with many of the top companies, CEOs, and boards of our time. In Ram's work with companies including GE, MeadWestvaco, DuPont, Novartis, EMC, 3M, Verizon, Aditya Birla Group, Tata Group, GMR, Max Group, Yildiz Holdings, and Grupo RBS, he is known for cutting through the complexity of running a business in today's fast changing environment to uncover the core business problem or unseen opportunity. He has authored 15 books since 1998 that have sold over three million copies in more than a dozen languages. Execution, which he co­ authored with former Honeywell CEO Larry Bossidy in 2002, was a #1 Wall Street Journal bestseller and spent more than 150 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list. He also has written for publications including Harvard Business Review, Fortune, BusinessWeek, Time, Chief Executive and USA TODAY.

Charan lives all around the world and has an office in Dallas, TX

The Resilience Dividend Being Strong in a World Where Things Go Wrong Judith Rodin

Summary New York. Athens. Boston. Tohoku. Newtown. Oslo. West. Wenzhou. New Orleans. Dhaka. Moore. Nairobi.

These communities are just a few among the many that have been hit hard by one of the "wicked problems" of today's world: natural catastrophe, disease and contagion, systems or social collapse. If you haven't been PublicAffairs directly touched by one of these disruptions yourself, you are sure to have been affected by them in some way. 9781610394703 They harm people, destabilize communities, and threaten organizations and even whole societies. Pub Date: 11/11/14 $27.99 Hardback / Cloth over These problems have become such a part of our world that knowing how to prepare for them, how to respond boards when they happen, and how to recover from them should be essential skills of modern life for all of us. 352 pages TBD We have certainly made progress in this regard, especially in the years since 9/11, but we are still at greater risk than we should be. We can't anticipate every disruption that might come our way, but we can develop an overall approach for dealing with the wicked problems, and formulate specific plans for areas where we and our communities are particularly vulnerabl...

Author Bio Judith Rodin has been president of the Rockefeller Foundation since 2005 where she has recalibrated its focus to meet the challenges of the twenty­first century to support and shape innovations that strengthen resilience to risk and ensure more equitable growth around the world. Dr. Rodin is a widely recognized leader in academia, science and developmental issues and was the first woman to serve as president of an Ivy League institution. A research psychologist by training (PhD, Columbia University), she was a pioneer in the behavioral health and health psychology movements.

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PUBLICAFFAIRS The Culture Map Breaking Through the Invisible Boundaries of Global Business Erin Meyer

Summary Whether you work in a home office or abroad, business success in our ever more globalized and virtual world requires the skills to navigate through cultural differences and decode cultures foreign to your own. Renowned expert Erin Meyer is your guide through this subtle, sometimes treacherous terrain where people from starkly different backgrounds are expected to work harmoniously together.

When you have Americans who precede anything negative with three nice comments; French, Dutch, Israelis, and Germans who get straight to the point ("your presentation was simply awful"); Latin Americans and Asians who are steeped in hierarchy; Scandinavians who think the best boss is just one of the crowd­the result can be,

well, sometimes interesting, even funny, but often disastrous. PublicAffairs 9781610392501 Even with English as a global language, it's easy to fall into cultural traps that endanger careers and sink deals Pub Date: 5/27/14 when, say, a Brazilian manager tries to fathom how his Chinese suppliers really get things done, or an American $26.99 Hardback / Cloth over team leader tries to get a handle on the intra­team dynamics between his Russian and Ind... boards Author Bio 288 pages Erin Meyer is a professor at INSEAD, one of the world's leading international business schools. Her work focuses charts and graphs on how the world's most successful global leaders navigate the complexities of cultural differences in a multicultural environment. Living and working in Africa, Europe, and the United States prompted Meyer's study of the communication patterns and business systems of different parts of the world. Her framework allows international executives to pinpoint their leadership preferences, and compare their methods to the management styles of other cultures. Her work has appeared in Harvard Business Review, Singapore Business Times, and Forbes.com. In 2013 Erin was selected by the Thinkers50 Radar list as one of the world's up­and­coming business thinkers. Follow her on Twitter: @ErinMeyerINSEAD

What Stays in Vegas The World of Personal Data?Lifeblood of Big Business?and the End of Privacy as We Know It Adam Tanner

Summary In What Stays in Vegas, journalist Adam Tanner exposes the greatest threat to privacy today. It's not the NSA, but good­old American companies. Internet giants, leading retailers and other firms are gathering data behind the scenes with little oversight from anyone. "This is the information age, and information is power!" screamed DocuSearch, "America's Premier Resource for Private Investigator Searches & Lookups" in 1996­and they were right.

In Las Vegas, no company knows this mantra better than Caesars Entertainment. Despite the fact that its Vegas casinos are decades old and can't boast their rivals' singing gondoliers or fountains exploding in a choreographed

dance, many thousands of enthusiastic clients continue to pour through the ever­open doors of Caesars hotels. PublicAffairs The secret to the company's success lies in their one unrivaled asset: they are able to track the activities of the 9781610394185 overwhelming majority of gamblers who walk in. They know exactly what games we like to play, what foods we Pub Date: 9/2/14 enjoy for breakfast, when we prefer to visit, who our favorite hostess might be and exactly ho... $27.99 Hardback / Cloth over boards Author Bio Adam Tanner writes about the business of personal data. He is a fellow at the Institute for Quantitative Social 336 pages Science at Harvard University and was previously a Nieman fellow there. Adam Tanner has worked for Reuters B/W photos throughout News Agency as Balkans bureau chief based in Belgrade, Serbia, as well as San Francisco bureau chief, and has had previous postings in Berlin, Moscow, and Washington, DC. He also contributes to Forbes and other magazines.

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PUBLICAFFAIRS Six Disciplines How Strategic Leaders Shape the Future Steve Krupp, Paul J.H. Schoemaker

Summary

Based on twenty years of research (including data from more than 20,000 managers in a diverse number of global industries) and real­world experience, two thought leaders bridge the very big but under­connected fields of strategy and leadership. They show how­in an unpredictable business environment­to be more strategic by looking outside­in (viewing problems from the perspective of the external marketplace) and future­back (enjoying a longer­term vision to see how the organization needs to change now).

Many are great operational leaders. They make budget, meet deadlines and get things done. But there is a key distinction between operational excellence and strategic savvy ­ between doing things right (being efficiency PublicAffairs focused) versus doing the right things (being effectiveness focused). 9781610394475 Pub Date: 11/4/14 $25.99 Operational excellence, for example, might be about how to optimize supply chains to meet current and near­ Hardback / Cloth over term objectives as efficiently and reliably as possible. Strategic leadership is a discipline for seeing the bigger boards picture, being aware of pitfalls, seeing the links to other decisions, spotti... 208 pages TBD Author Bio Steve Krupp (PhD, Temple University) is the chief executive officer of Decision Strategies International (DSI) where he advises CEOs and C­suite executives. Before joining DSI, Steve was a senior partner at Oliver Wyman Delta, where he focused on leadership and led the executive talent management business. He also co­founded and served as CEO of Key Management Strategies, an executive development firm acquired by Right Management Consultants. A respected thought leader, his voice is frequently heard through such channels as the Harvard Business Review, Oliver Wyman Journal, Chief Learning Officer, Talent Management and Inc.

Paul J.H. Schoemaker (PhD, University of Pennsylvania) is founder and executive chairman of Decision Strategies International and research director of the Mack Institute for Tech Innovation Management at the Wharton School. He is co­author (with J. Edward Russo) of the business best­sellers Decision Traps and Winning Decisions. Dr. Schoemaker has been a professor at the University of Chicago and the Wharton School, and his research ranks in the top 1 percent of ...

The Tastemakers Why We're Crazy for Cupcakes but Fed Up with Fondue David Sax

Summary Tastemaker, n. Anyone with the power to make you eat quinoa.

Kale. Spicy sriracha sauce. Honeycrisp apples. Cupcakes. These days, it seems we are constantly discovering a new food that will make us healthier, happier, or even somehow cooler. Chia seeds, after a brief life as a novelty houseplant and I Love the '80s punchline, are suddenly a superfood. Not long ago, that same distinction was held by pomegranate seeds, açai berries, and the fermented drink known as kombucha. So what happened? Did these foods suddenly cease to be healthy a few years ago? And by the way, what exactly is a "superfood" again?

PublicAffairs In this eye­opening, witty work of reportage, David Sax uncovers the world of food trends: Where they come 9781610393157 from, how they grow, and where they end up. Traveling from the South Carolina rice plot of America's premier Pub Date: 5/27/14 grain guru to Chicago's gluttonous Baconfest, Sax reveals a world of influence, money, and activism that helps $25.99 Hardback / Cloth over decide what goes on your plate. On his journey, he meets entrepreneurs, chefs, and even data analysts who boards have made food trends a mission and a business. The Ta... 336 pages Author Bio none David Sax is a writer specializing in business and food. His writing appears regularly in the New York Times, Bloomberg Businessweek, Saveur, the Grid Toronto,, and other publications. His first book, Save the Deli: In Search of Perfect Pastrami, Crusty Rye, and the Heart of Jewish Delicatessen, was a Los Angeles Times bestseller. Sax's work has also won a James Beard Award for Writing and Literature. He lives in Toronto.

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PUBLICAFFAIRS Smaller Faster Lighter Denser Cheaper How Innovation Keeps Proving the Catastrophists Wrong Robert Bryce

Summary In the face of today's environmental and economic challenges, doomsayers preach that the only way to stave off disaster is for humans to reverse course: to de­industrialize, re­localize, ban the use of modern energy sources, and forswear prosperity. But in this provocative and optimistic rebuke to the catastrophists, Robert Bryce shows how innovation and the inexorable human desire to make things Smaller Faster Lighter Denser Cheaper is providing consumers with Cheaper and more abundant energy, Faster computing, Lighter vehicles, and myriad other goods. That same desire is fostering unprecedented prosperity, greater liberty, and yes, better environmental protection.

Utilizing on­the­ground reporting from Ottawa to Panama City and Pittsburgh to Bakersfield, Bryce shows how we PublicAffairs have, for centuries, been pushing for Smaller Faster solutions to our problems. From the vacuum tube, mass­ 9781610392051 produced fertilizer, and the printing press to mobile phones, nanotech, and advanced drill rigs, Bryce Pub Date: 5/13/14 demonstrates how cutting­edge companies and breakthrough technologies have created a world in which peo... $27.99 Hardback / Cloth over boards Author Bio Robert Bryce is the acclaimed author of four previous books, including, most recently, Power Hungry: The 400 pages Myths of "Green" Energy and the Real Fuels of the Future. A senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, his B&W photos, B&W illustrations, charts articles have appeared in dozens of publications, including the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Washington Post, Guardian, Austin Chronicle, Bloomberg View, Counterpunch, and National Review. An apiarist, he lives in Austin with his wife, Lorin, and their three children.

935 Lies The Future of Truth and the Decline of America?s Moral Integrity Charles Lewis

PublicAffairs 9781610391177 Pub Date: 6/24/14 $28.99 Hardback / Cloth over Summary boards Facts are and must be the coin of the realm in a democracy, for government "of the people, by the people and 392 pages for the people," requires and assumes to some extent an informed citizenry. Unfortunately, for citizens in the charts in RM United States and throughout the world, distinguishing between fact and fiction has always been a formidable challenge, often with real life and death consequences. But now it is more difficult and confusing than ever. The Internet Age makes comment indistinguishable from fact, and erodes authority. It is liberating but annihilating at the same time.

For those wielding power, whether in the private or the public sector, the increasingly sophisticated control of information is regarded as utterly essential to achieving success. Internal information is severely limited, including calendars, memoranda, phone logs and emails. History is sculpted by its absence.

Often those in power strictly control the flow of information, corroding and corrupting its content, of course, using newspapers, radio, television and other mass means of communication to carefully consolidate t... Author Bio A bestselling author and national investigative journalist for the past thirty years, Charles Lewis is a tenured

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PUBLICAFFAIRS Dynasty The Two­Hundred­Year Epic of the Nehrus and the Gandhis Pranay Gupte

Summary In Dynasty, biographer Pranay Gupte sheds light on the Nehrus and Gandhis of India, the longest lasting political dynasty in the modern world. The family's origins can be controversially traced back 200 years to Kashmir, where the Nehrus belonged to the Kashmiri Brahman Pandit class, and it has been in power for nearly a century.

Since its patriarch, British­trained lawyer and Indian National Movement activist, Motilal Nehru, ascended to the presidency of the National Congress, the family has produced three Prime Ministers­Jawaharlal Nehru, Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi. The current leader of the Congress Party, Italian­born Sonia Gandhi, is widely perceived as the most powerful woman in contemporary Indian politics, and her son, Rahul Gandhi, is the anointed

successor. PublicAffairs 9781610392679 It is a dynasty that has ruled through statesmanship, guile and political savvy. It has enjoyed enormous Pub Date: 11/11/14 popularity and power, suffered enormous tragedy (Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi were assassinated), and $27.99 Hardback / Cloth over reversals of fortune. Most notably it wrested India from British colonial control and defined Independent I... boards Author Bio 448 pages Pranay Gupte is an author, editor, journalist, and noted biographer who has spent years chronicling the lives of TBD the Nehru­Gandhis and been granted access to the family and their archives. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. A former foreign correspondent and staff reporter of the New York Times and columnist for Newsweek International, he has also written for Forbes, Condé Nast's Portfolio, and other major international publications. His previous books include biographies of Indira and Rajiv Gandhi.

Gupte lives in Chennai, India.

Unleashing the Second American Century Four Forces for Economic Dominance Joel Kurtzman

Summary Political gridlock in Washington... the lingering effects of the financial crisis... structural problems such as unemployment and the skills gap of our work force... the mediocre K­12 educational system. Are our best days behind us?

Joel Kurtzman persuasively shows why all the talk about America's decline is not only baseless but dead wrong. Our best days, are, in fact, ahead of us.

Four transformational forces­unrivaled manufacturing depth, soaring levels of creativity, massive new energy

sources, and gigantic amounts of capital waiting to be invested­have been gathering steam. When combined PublicAffairs they will provide the foundation for a much stronger economy, robust growth, and broad­based prosperity that 9781610393096 will propel the United States to new heights. Pub Date: 2/25/14 $27.99 Hardback / Cloth over One endlessly repeated anxiety is that "we don't make anything here, anymore." The reality, though, is that the boards US is the world's dominant manufacturing power­and growing. American companies produce 20 percent of the world's goods in the US and perhaps another 15 to 20 percent outside our country. And much of what we make 320 pages charts and graphs is recession­proof... Author Bio Joel Kurtzman is senior fellow at the Milken Institute, a member of the editorial board of MIT Sloan Management Review, and a senior fellow at the Wharton School's SEI Center for Advanced Studies in Management. Earlier in his career, Kurtzman was the editor­in­chief of Harvard Business Review, founding editor­in­chief of Strategy + Business magazine, and global partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers. Follow him on Twitter @jkurtzman.

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PUBLICAFFAIRS National Insecurity US Foreign Policy Making in an Age of Fear David Rothkopf

Summary During the past decade America has crossed the fine line that separates national security from national insecurity. Major misadventures like the invasion of Iraq, the embrace of torture, the expansion of domestic surveillance programs, the failure to intervene earlier in Syria, the constant shifting of "red lines" in that country or Iran, the bumbling and lack of follow­through in Libya, and the failure to stand up to abuses by "allies" in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Iraq or by rivals like Russia or Iran, have exposed how fear has warped Americans' perspectives, causing both overreaction and inaction. For over a decade, the United States has rationalized bad policies into prudent ones on an ongoing basis.

David Rothkopf, CEO and Editor­at­Large of Foreign Policy, has reached out to his extraordinary network of high PublicAffairs level contacts conducting over 100 interviews with the players who made and influence the critical international 9781610393409 decisions of the Bush and Obama years. He asks not only how we ended up where we are, but the bigger Pub Date: 10/28/14 questions about where we should be, and how U.S. leadership... $28.99 Hardback / Cloth over boards Author Bio David Rothkopf is the CEO and Editor­at­Large of Foreign Policy and President and CEO of Garten Rothkopf, an 384 pages international advisory firm. He is also a visiting scholar at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace where TBD he chairs the Carnegie Economic Strategy Roundtable. He was formerly chief executive of Intellibridge Corporation, managing director of Kissinger Associates and U.S. Deputy Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade Policy. He has taught at Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs and Georgetown's School of Foreign Service. He is the author of Power, Inc., Superclass: The Global Power Elite and the World They are Making, now available in over two dozen editions worldwide, and Running the World: The Inside Story of the National Security Council and The Architects of American Power, hailed by the New York Times as "the definitive history of the National Security Council." He lives in Washington, D.C.

Big Money 2.5 Billion Dollars, One Suspicious Vehicle, and a Pimp?on the Trail of the Ultra­Rich Hijacking American Politics Kenneth P. Vogel

Summary Mark Hanna­the turn­of­the­century iron­and­coal­magnate­turned­operative who leveraged massive contributions from the robber barons­was famously quoted as saying: "There are two things that are important in politics. The first is money, and I can't remember what the second one is." To an extent that would have made Hanna blush, a series of developments capped by the Supreme Court's 2010 Citizens United decision effectively crowned a bunch of billionaires and their operatives the new kings of politics.

Big Money is a rollicking tour of a new political world dramatically reordered by ever­larger flows of cash. Ken

Vogel has breezed into secret gatherings of big­spending Republicans and Democrats alike­from California PublicAffairs poolsides to DC hotel bars­to brilliantly expose the way the mega­money men (and rather fewer women) are 9781610393386 dominating the new political landscape. Pub Date: 6/3/14 $27.99 Hardback / Cloth over Great wealth seems to attach itself to outsize characters. From the casino magnate Sheldon Adelson to the boards bubbling nouveau cowboy Foster Friess; from the Texas trial lawyer couple, Amber and Steve Mostyn, to the micromanaging H... 320 pages none Author Bio Ken Vogel covers the confluence of money, politics, and influence for Politico. He's won awards from the Association of Capitol Reporters and Editors, the Society of Professional Journalists, and Investigative Reporters and Editors. He analyzes politics on national television and radio, and lives in Alexandria, Virginia, with his wife, Danielle, and their dog, Ali. Follow him on Twitter @kenvogel.

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PUBLICAFFAIRS Citizen Canine Our Evolving Relationship with Cats and Dogs David Grimm

Summary Dogs are getting lawyers. Cats are getting kidney transplants. Could they one day be fellow citizens?

Cats and dogs were once wild animals. Today, they are family members and surrogate children. A little over a century ago, pets didn't warrant the meager legal status of property. Now, they have more rights and protections than any other animal in the country. Some say they're even on the verge of becoming legal persons.

How did we get here­and what happens next?

PublicAffairs In this fascinating exploration of the changing status of dogs and cats in society, pet lover and award­winning 9781610391337 journalist David Grimm explores the rich and surprising history of our favorite companion animals. He treks the Pub Date: 4/8/14 long and often torturous path from their wild origins to their dark days in the middle ages to their current $26.99 Hardback / Cloth over standing as the most valued animals on Earth. As he travels across the country­riding along with Los Angeles boards detectives as they investigate animal cruelty cases, touring the devastation of New Orleans in search of the orphaned pets of Hurricane Katrina, and coming face­to­face with wolves and fer... 352 pages none Author Bio David Grimm is a deputy news editor at Science, the world's largest journal of scientific research and science news. He is the recipient of the 2010 Animal Reporting Award from the National Press Club, and has been featured in The Best American Science and Nature Writing. His work has appeared in Science, U.S. News and World Report, The Bark, and The Financial Times. He teaches journalism at Johns Hopkins University and has a Ph.D. in genetics from Yale.

Eat the Year 366 Fun and Fabulous Food Holidays to Celebrate Every Day Steff Deschenes

Summary Based on the popular blog Almanac of Eats, Eat the Year is a fun calendar cookbook that introduces a national food or drink holiday for every day of the year. From National Baklava Day to National Cheese Lover's Day, and from National Whipped Cream Day to National Bloody Mary Day, author Steff Deschenes includes an array of food holidays that are as diverse as they are delicious. Also included are food quotes, fun food facts and trivia, cute commentary, 100 recipes, and whimsical two­color line drawings. Running Press 9780762450947 Pub Date: 9/30/14 $16.00 Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US)

432 pages Two­color art throughout

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RUNNING PRESS Wear No Evil How to Change the World with Your Wardrobe Greta Eagan

Summary Have you ever wondered, "How can I inherently do good while looking good?" Wear No Evil has the answer, and is the timely handbook for navigating both fashion and ethics. It is the style guide with sustainability built in that we've all been waiting for. As a consumer, you regain your power with every purchase to support the causes and conditions you already advocate in other areas of your life (such as local or organic food), while upholding your sense of self through the stylish pieces you use to create your wardrobe.

Featuring the Integrity Index (a simplified way of identifying the ethics behind any piece of fashion) and an easy to use rating system, you'll learn to shop anywhere while building your personal style and supporting your values­ all without sacrifice. Fashion is the last frontier in the shift towards conscious living. Wear No Evil provides a Running Press roadmap founded in research and experience, coupled with real life style and everyday inspiration. 9780762451272 Pub Date: 3/11/14 Part 1 presents the hard­hitting facts on why the fashion industry and our shopping habits need a reboot. $17.00 Part 2 moves you into a... Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US)

208 pages Author Bio Two­color art throughout Greta Eagan is a writer, stylist and conscious living expert. Shortly after graduating from the London College of Fashion, Greta founded fashionmegreen.com, a sustainable fashion awareness project. Both the author and her blog have become leading sources for information on eco­fashion and green beauty. Acting as an eco ambassador, Eagan has contributed to publications in print and online, including Glamour, Lucky and the Huffington Post, and has collaborated with brands such as Kate Spade, Eileen Fisher, The Outnet, Refinery29, and many more. Follow her on Instagram and Twitter at @gretaeagan.

Full Belly Good Eats for a Healthy Pregnancy Tara Mataraza Desmond, Shirley Fan

Summary As a trained chef, Tara Mataraza Desmond knows how to cook­and eat. But when she became pregnant, all bets were off, and seemingly all food was suspect. Deli turkey was out, for sure, along with raw fish, raw cheese, and too much tuna. But what was IN? Lists of "verboten" foods are easy to find, but healthful, doable meals that will appeal to a pregnant woman's finicky appetite and also feed her growing baby in the best way were not. Once­ daily prenatal vitamins weren't enough reassurance for this ambitious cook, who is most at ease in front of a stove. With registered dietitian Shirley Fan, Desmond put together ultra­delicious, ultra­healthy recipes with the baby bump in mind. Running Press 9780762449354 Pub Date: 1/6/15 Full Belly's chapters include "What to Eat When You Don't Want to Eat," crucial for that queasy first trimester, $20.00 and recipes are accompanied by specific nutritional facts highlighting the ingredients' relevance to pregnancy, Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) along with full­color photography throughout. And this book's usefulness continues to benefit the rest of the family and post­pregnancy too, focusing on whole foods that deliver maximum n... 256 pages Color photos throughout Author Bio Tara Mataraza Desmond is an author and writer focused on food and cooking for wellness, pregnancy, and parenthood. She is the author of Choosing Sides: From Holidays to Every Day, 130 Delicious Recipes to Make the Meal (Andrews McMeel) and co­author of Almost Meatless: Recipes That Are Better for Your Health and the Planet (Ten Speed Press). Desmond's work has appeared in Parents, Clean Eating, Better Homes and Gardens, Shape, Serious Eats, and The Kitchn. Desmond has been a guest on national radio and television shows, including Martha Stewart Omnimedia Sirius Radio programs, Everyday Food and Whole Living, NPR, and NBC 10's The 10! Show. Her blog, Crumbs On My Keyboard (http://crumbsonmykeyboard.com) celebrates food and life in words and pictures. She is the proud alumna of two healthy pregnancies. During the first, she ran (OK, jogged) until 30 weeks, cooked the entire nine months (with the exception of a few greenish weeks in the beginning…) and was back in the kitchen five days after delivery. The second pregnancy involved cooking with twins, much less exuberance and grace, two ...

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RUNNING PRESS Drinking, A Manual Matthew Latkiewicz

Drinking can be complicated and this tongue­in­cheek guide provides much­needed guidance to navigate any drinking situation that may present itself.

Summary Drinking can be complicated. Thankfully, this "manual" has set out to make it simpler. Complete with tons of zany foonotes and handy graphs, this satirical reference book will help the reader navigate any situation, and answer almost any question, related to drinking. With tongue very firmly planted in cheek, this guide addresses important topics, such as: Running Press 9780762451043 Pub Date: 3/31/15 How much can I drink at the office holiday party? $16.00 Hardback / Cloth over boards Which occasions are flask­friendly, from children's birthday parties to high school reunions

192 pages B&W photos, charts How to drink to your advantage in casinos

Drinking effectively after a breakup

Preparing for the St. Patrick's Day marathon

And More!

Now drinkers everywhere can go forth with more confidence!

Author Bio Matthew Latkieiwicz is a monthly columnist for New York Magazine's Grub Street, where his articles are among the site's most read, commented upon, and shared. He has also written a wine column for McSweeney's Internet On the Cancer Frontier One Man, One Disease, and a Medical Revolution Paul Marks, James Sterngold

Summary In 1950, a diagnosis of cancer was all but a death sentence. Mortality rates only got worse, and as late as 1986, an article in the New England Journal of Medicine lamented: "We are losing the war against cancer." Cancer is one of humankind's oldest and most persistent enemies; it has been called the existential disease.

But we are now entering a new, and more positive, phase in this long campaign. While cancer has not been cured­and a cure may elude us for a long time yet­there has been a revolution in our understanding of its nature. Years of brilliant science have revealed how this individualistic disease seizes control of the foundations of life­our genes­and produces guerrilla cells that can attack and elude treatments. Armed with those insights,

scientists have been developing more effective weapons and producing better outcomes for patients. Paul A. PublicAffairs Marks, MD, has been a leader in these efforts to finally control this devastating disease. 9781610392525 Pub Date: 3/11/14 Marks helped establish the strategy for the "war on cancer" in 1971 as a researcher and member of President $26.99 Hardback / Cloth over Nixon's cancer panel. As the p... boards Author Bio 272 pages Paul Marks, MD, led the Memorial Sloan­Kettering Cancer Center for nineteen years and has been an advisor on charts national cancer policy. He was awarded the President's National Medal of Science, and Memorial Sloan­Kettering has established the Paul Marks Prize for Cancer Research to recognize promising young scientists. James Sterngold is a senior special writer for the Wall Street Journal, and previously spent eighteen years as a correspondent at the New York Times.

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SEAL PRESS While the Gods Were Sleeping A Journey Through Love and Rebellion in Nepal Elizabeth Enslin

Summary After her marriage to a man from Nepal, Elizabeth Enslin begins life in her husband's village­and discovers allies among local women eager to organize for change. While the Gods Were Sleeping tells the story of her unexpected life in Nepal, set against a backdrop of increasing political turmoil. Enslin learns what it means for women to claim their place and power when they're neither here nor there­when they're caught between cultures, causes, places, social roles, families, duties, and political parties.

Chronicling her personal quest for belonging in a foreign place, Enslin also shares fascinating insights into the history, culture, and politics of this little understood corner of the world. Building on 25 years of family relationships and anthropological research, and written with a mother's compassion and a researcher's critical Seal Press eye, While the Gods Were Sleeping reveals a compelling story of love, pregnancy, self­doubt, and prejudice in 9781580055444 Nepal. Pub Date: 9/23/14 $17.00 Paperback / softback / Author Bio Trade paperback (US) Elizabeth Enslin grew up in Seattle and went on to earn her PhD in cultural anthropology from Stanford University in 1990. While a graduate student, she married into a Brahman family in the plains of Nepal. Inspired 256 pages by local women, especially her mother­in­law, she researched women's organizing, poetics, politics, and agroecology. Her academic essay, "Beyond Writing: Feminist Practice and the Limits of Ethnography," still inspires conversations about feminism and the ethics of research and activism.

Enslin returned to the Pacific Northwest in 1995 and earned her living as a high school and college teacher, a grant writer, and an independent consultant. She has published creative nonfiction and poetry in The Gettysburg Review, Crab Orchard Review, The High Desert Journal, The Raven Chronicles, Opium Magazine, and In Posse Review and received an Individual Artist Fellowship Award from the Oregon Arts Commission and an honorable mention for the Pushcart Prize.

She currently lives in a strawbale house in the canyon country of northeastern Oregon, where she raises garlic, pigs, and yaks...

Better than Perfect 7 Strategies to Crush Your Inner Critic and Create a Life You'll Love Elizabeth Lombardo

Summary In society today, perfectionism is a widely distributed personality trait that is becoming more frequently and more intensely expressed. Every day, people focus negatively on different aspects of their lives, feeling unhappy with their coworkers, their spouses, their bodies, or their children's academic performance. Yet very few become aware of the root cause of their complaints: overt or latent perfectionism. A person who is categorized as a perfectionist strives excessively toward unattainable goals for themselves and the people in their lives, with unfortunate consequences.

In Better than Perfect, Dr. Elizabeth Lombardo offers step­by­step solutions for perfectionists to find balance. The book defines perfectionism in easy­to­understand terms, offers simple assessment tools, and shares case Seal Press studies of Lombardo's patients to highlight the condition. Also included are practical exercises and suggestions 9781580055499 for behavioral changes, including seven ways to overcome perfectionism that include choosing passion over Pub Date: 9/23/14 $16.00 perfection and remembering you're more than what you do. Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) With the ultimate... 256 pages Author Bio Dr. Elizabeth Lombardo started her professional career as a physical therapist after getting her master's degree at Duke University. It was then that she realized that every goal we have­whether it is related to our bodies, relationships, jobs, or lives­requires a significant mental edge in order to achieve it.

In her quest to help people actualize their dreams, Lombardo went back to school to get her PhD in clinical psychology. Wanting to help people "before they need a couch," she now coaches, consults, and speaks to groups about how to achieve their desired results.

Lombardo is a highly sought­after speaker and media consultant who has been honored by giving a prestigious TEDx talk. She is frequently interviewed by today's top media outlets, including Forbes, The Wall Street Journal, Money magazine, Health, USA Today, MSNBC, CNN, and National Public Radio. She has made multiple appearances on The Today Show, has a monthly column in Better Homes & Gardens, and is a contributor to The Huffington Post.

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SEAL PRESS Sleeps with Dogs Confessions of an Animal Nanny in Over Her Head Lindsey Grant

Summary Go behind closed doors and discover the secret lives of some of the most devoted pet owners, whether they're feeding their dogs home­cooked meals or leaving Animal Planet on all day to keep their pets company.

As a round­the­clock animal nanny, Lindsey Grant shared a bed with countless dogs, cooked custom meals for exotic birds, broke up brawls between animals and spouses alike, weathered end­of­life care for beloved companions, and catered to the often obscure needs of her charges­and the bizarre demands of their owners. She offers a hilarious inside look at the pet care industry and the lengths people will go to for their furry friends.

With a cast of unforgettable characters, from a toast­loving cockatiel to a gassy greyhound, Sleeps with Dogs is Seal Press filled with tales of pets and those who love them. 9781580055475 Pub Date: 10/28/14 Author Bio $16.00 Paperback / softback / Lindsey Grant is the former Program Director for National Novel Writing Month, a nonprofit organization that Trade paperback (US) encourages writers of all ages and backgrounds to pen novel drafts during the month of November. Her writing has been featured as part of Invisible City Audio Tours' Armada of Golden Dreams, KQED's Perspectives, and Line 256 pages Zero. She co­authored the writer's workbook Ready, Set, Novel! and she holds an MFA in creative nonfiction and English from Mills College in Oakland, CA.

Prior to graduate school, Grant ran a dog walking and pet care business in the San Francisco Bay Area. She has since moved to Zurich, Switzerland, with her husband, where she writes, tries to speak German, and blogs about her attempts to assimilate at ptxpat.tumblr.com.

Spent Exposing Our Complicated Relationship with Shopping Kerry Cohen

Summary In Spent, editor Kerry Cohen opens the closet doors wide to tales of women's true relationships with shopping, from humorous stories of love/hate relationships with the mall to heartbreaking tales of overspending to fix relationships. With a contributor list that includes notable female writers like Emily Chenoweth, Ophira Eisenberg, Allison Amend, and Aryn Kyle, the essays each shine light on the particular impact shopping has on all of us.

Whether they're cleaning out closets of loved ones, hiding a shoplifting habit, trying out extreme couponing, dividing up family possessions, or buying a brand­new car while in labor, the book's contributors vacillate between convincing themselves to spend and struggling not to. This illuminating anthology links the effects shopping has on our emotions ­ whether it fills us with guilt, happiness, resentment, or doubt ­ our self­worth, Seal Press and our relationships with parents, grandparents, lovers, children, and friends. 9781580055123 Pub Date: 10/28/14 Author Bio $17.00 Paperback / softback / Kerry Cohen is the author of eight books, including the memoirs Loose Girl: A Memoir of Promiscuity and Seeing Trade paperback (US) Ezra: A Mother's Story of Autism, Unconditional Love, and The Meaning of Normal; Dirty Little Secrets: Breaking the Silence on Teenage Girls and Promiscuity, a sociological examination of the "loose girl" issue; three young 256 pages adult novels; and two forthcoming titles.

Cohen has appeared on Dr. Phil, Good Morning America, The Jeff Probst Show, the BBC, and a number of other television and radio shows. Her essays have appeared in the "Modern Love" column in The New York Times, The Washington Post, Portland Monthly, Brevity, and many other publications. She has been an Oregon Book Award finalist four times over. She blogs for Psychology Today and The Huffington Post, and also has her own blog, The Autistic Carpool, which charts the adventures of the carpool she drives to her son's school. She teaches in the Red Earth Low­Residency MFA program and is also a counselor, currently working on her PsyD and specializing in sex and relationships.

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SEAL PRESS The 3­Day Reset Restore Your Cravings For Healthy Foods in Three Easy, Empowering Days Pooja Mottl

Summary Eating healthy can be a struggle. It's hard to choose broccoli and brown rice instead of hot, cheesy pizza. And diets often ask you to cut out different foods all at once, leaving you feeling deprived.

In The 3­Day Reset, Pooja Mottl outlines 10 simple ways you can change your cravings and start eating whole, healthy, delicious foods­three days at a time. Each reset takes only 72 hours to complete, which means you'll be able to stay focused on healthy eating from start to finish.

Seal Press Resets include: sugar, wheat, salt, chocolate, yogurt, chicken, beverages, breakfast, salad, and takeout. 9781580055277 Pub Date: 4/29/14 Packed with delicious recipes and nutritional information to support why you should eat whole foods like quinoa $22.00 Paperback / softback / instead of processed, frozen, or packaged foods, The 3­Day Reset will set you on the path to healthy eating… Trade paperback (US) and help you stay there for good. 312 pages Author Bio Full­color with photos Pooja Mottl is a professionally trained Natural Foods Chef, Healthy Eating Coach, and Healthy Living Expert throughout whose work has captivated audiences from Good Morning America to the Huffington Post. She is a graduate of the Natural Gourmet Institute, a world­renowned institution for pairing culinary training with health­promoting food. Mottl also holds a certificate in Plant Based Nutrition from Cornell University and is an NSCA­CPT certified personal trainer. She advises private clients on healthy eating and has taught cooking classes at Whole Foods Market. She regularly blogs for the Huffington Post and GAIAM. Mottl has appeared on Good Morning America, WGN TV, Martha Stewart Radio, Style.com, the Green Festival, HuffPost Live, and a variety of additional media outlets.

Mottl gained a BA in Economics from the University of Michigan and an MSc in International Relations from the London School of Economics. She began her career as Wall Street investment banker and an economic analyst at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York before falling head over heels in love with healthy food. Mottl i...

Book Lovers Sexy Stories from Under the Covers Shawna Kenney

Summary Forget poorly written prose and clichéd love scenes: Book Lovers answers the call for sexy literature with substance. This collection of toe­curling tales written by and for word­worshippers offers well­crafted fiction and creative nonfiction that connects literature to libido. From a Vonnegut­inspired tryst to an imaginary ménage à trois with Henry Miller and Anaïs Nin, the book encompasses a veritable buffet of literary fantasies.

Whether they're conjuring Junot Díaz between the sheets or dreaming of a modern­day enactment of Wuthering Heights­this time refusing Edgar in favor of lusty, bodice­ripping nights with Heathcliff­the stories in Book Lovers are designed for readers' brains and bodies.

Seal Press Includes contributions from Izabella St. James, Slash Coleman, Trina Calderón, Cara Bruce, and Stephanie 9781580055291 Auteri. Pub Date: 3/25/14 $15.00 Paperback / softback / Author Bio Trade paperback (US) Editor

240 pages Shawna Kenney is the author of the Firecracker Alternative Book Award­winning memoir I Was a Teenage Dominatrix, which has enjoyed international translation and a television development deal. She also co­authored Imposters, a book about celebrity impersonators.

Kenney's work has appeared in Creative Nonfiction, The Rumpus, Bust, Juxtapoz, Alternative Press, The Baltimore Sun, The Florida Review, and on the Ms. blog, among others, and her essays appear in numerous anthologies. She holds an MFA in creative writing from the University of North Carolina Wilmington and a BA in film from American University.

Kenney lives in Los Angeles and teaches creative writing in the UCLA Extension Writers' Program. Visit her website at shawnakenney.com.

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WEINSTEIN BOOKS Finding Me A Decade of Darkness, a Life Reclaimed: A Memoir of the Cleveland Kidnappings Michelle Knight, Michelle Burford

Michelle Knight, the first of the three women abducted by notorious Cleveland kidnapper Ariel Castro, recounts the full story of her years in captivity, her escape, and the powerful inner strength and capacity for hope that has helped her rebuild her life.

Summary Michelle was a young single mother when she was kidnapped by a local school bus driver named Ariel Castro. For more than a decade afterward, she endured unimaginable torture at the hand of her abductor. In 2003 Amanda Berry joined her in captivity, followed by Gina DeJesus in 2004. Their escape on May 6, 2013, made headlines around the world.

Weinstein Books Barely out of her own tumultuous childhood, Michelle was estranged from her family and fighting for custody of 9781602862562 her young son when she disappeared. Local police believed she had run away, so they removed her from the Pub Date: 5/6/14 $24.99 missing persons lists fifteen months after she vanished. Castro tormented her with these facts, reminding her Hardback / Cloth over that no one was looking for her, that the outside world had forgotten her. But Michelle would not be broken. boards 280 pages In Finding Me, Michelle will reveal the heartbreaking details of her story, including the thoughts and prayers that 8 pages of color photos helped her find courage to endure her unimaginable circumstances and now build a life worth living. By sharing both her past and her efforts to create a future, Michelle becomes a voice for the voice... Author Bio Michelle Knight lives in Cleveland, OH.

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Big Russ & Me Father & Son: Lessons of Life Tim Russert, Luke Russert

The #1 New York Times bestseller by legendary newscaster Tim Russert, reissued to celebrate the 10th anniversary of its original publication. It will include a new introduction by Luke Russert, son of Tim Russert and a rising star at MSNBC.

Summary Over the last two decades, before his death in 2008 at the age of 58, Tim Russert had become one of the most trusted and admired figures in American television journalism. Throughout his career he spent time with presidents and popes, world leaders and newsmakers, celebrities and sports heroes, but one person stood out to him in terms of his strength of character, modest grace and simple decency­Russert's dad, Big Russ. Weinstein Books 9781602862623 In this warm, engaging memoir, a #1 New York Times bestseller upon its initial release in 2004, Russert casts a Pub Date: 5/6/14 $15.99 fond look back to the 1950s Buffalo neighborhood of his youth. In the close­knit Irish­Catholic community where Paperback / softback / grew up, doors were left unlocked at night; backyard ponds became makeshift ice hockey rinks in winter; and Trade paperback (US) streets were commandeered as touch football fields in the fall. And he recalls the extraordinary example of his 384 pages father, a WWII veteran who worked two jobs without complaint for thirty years and taught his children to appreciate the values of self­discipline, of respect, of loyalty to friends.

These deep roots stayed with Russert as he forge... Author Bio Tim Russert was hired by NBC News' Washington bureau in 1984 and became bureau chief by 1989. He became the host of Meet the Press in 1991 and was the longest­serving host of the program. Over the course of his career Tim Russert won multiple awards for excellence in journalism, including an Emmy in 2005 for his coverage of the funeral of former President Ronald Reagan. He died in 2008 at the age of 58, and was mourned by friends, fans and colleagues around the world.

Luke Russert began his career when he was hired by NBC News as a correspondent specifically covering youth issues during the 2008 presidential election. Since 2009, he has worked for NBC News as a congressional correspondent covering the House of Representatives and in 2012 he debuted as a rotating news anchor on

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WEINSTEIN BOOKS Daughter of the King Growing Up in Gangland Sandra Lansky, William Stadiem

The only daughter of Meyer Lansky opens up about her life as a wild child of the 1950's, her heartbreak and tragedy ­ including the insanity of her mother, and the crippling handicap of her baby brother ­ and her father's unexpected tenderness.

Summary Sandi Lansky Lombardo grew up the only daughter of mob boss Meyer Lansky. Raised in upper­class Jewish splendor, first at the Majestic Hotel and then at the Beresford, at finishing schools and fancy stables, Sandi was the wild child of the late 40's, the 50's, and the early 60's. She was the Paris Hilton of her day, partying till dawn at El Morocco and the Stork Club, dating the biggest celebrities of the era. Her life was not without heartbreak

and tragedy, including the insanity of her mother, and the crippling handicap of her baby brother ­ not to Weinstein Books mention his drug addiction. 9781602862159 Pub Date: 3/4/14 $26.00 Sandi was privy to her father's secrets as well as his unexpected tenderness. She always stuck closely to the Hardback / Cloth over strict code of omerta. In Daughter of the King, Sandi teams up with Nick Pileggi (author of the seminal Wise Guy, boards perhaps the best­selling mob book ever) and multiple time New York Times Bestselling writer Bill Stadiem. Nick 264 pages has made a career in books and films chronicling the mob, and Bill has emerged as a master of recreating the 8­page photo insert glamour and romance of the golden era of American culture with bestsel... Author Bio Sandra Lansky lives in Florida with her husband.

William Stadiem is a multiple New York Times bestselling writer and the author of eight books. He is a master of re­creating the glamour of America's golden era with his bestsellers Marilyn Monroe Confidential, Mr. S: My Life with Frank Sinatra, and George Hamilton's Don't Mind If I Do. He abandoned Wall Street for Sunset Boulevard, where he has since worked as a screenwriter, a columnist for Andy Warhol's Interview, and the restaurant critic for Los Angeles. He lives in Santa Monica, California.

Billion Dollar Painter The Triumph and Tragedy of Thomas Kinkade, Painter of Light G. Eric Kuskey

Summary The unbelievable true story of artist Thomas Kinkade, self­described "Painter of Light," and the dramatic rise ­ and fall ­ of his billion­dollar gallery and licensing business. Author Bio G. Eric Kuskey worked intimately with Thomas Kinkade and his company for over fourteen years and remained friends with him until his death. He is currently the co­founder and owner of a Los Angeles­based agency representing celebrity and contemporary consumer brands.

Bettina Gilois has won the Humanitas Prize, and Black Reels Best Screenplay for Glory Road. She has written for Weinstein Books Jerry Bruckheimer, and in addition to writing books and screenplays, she blogs about art and life for the 9781602862449 Huffington Post. Pub Date: 9/9/14 $26.00 Hardback / Cloth over boards

320 pages 8­page photo insert

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