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Crown Crown Hogarth Broadway Books Annsley Rosner Vice President and Publicity Director, Crown, Hogarth, and Broadway T: 212-782-9740 • [email protected] Crown Dataclysm Who We Are When We Think No One’s Looking Christian Rudder Publicist: Annsley Rosner 212-782-9740 | [email protected] Publicist: Sarah Breivogel 212-572-2722 | [email protected] Summary An irreverent, provocative, and visually fascinating look at what our online lives reveal about who we really are—and how this deluge of data will transform the science of human behavior. Crown 9780385347372 On Sale Date: 9/9/14 $28.00 Hardcover Social Science - Statistics Big data is used to spy on us, hire and fire us, and sell us things we don’t need. In Dataclysm, Christian Rudder puts this flood of information to an entirely different use: understanding human nature. Drawing on terabytes of data from Twitter, Facebook, Reddit, OkCupid, and many other sites, Rudder examines the terrain of human experience to answer a range of questions: Does it matter where you went to college? How racist are we? How do political views alter relationships? Philosophers, psychologists, gene hunters and neuroscientists have tried to explain our flaws and foibles. Rudder shows that in today’s era of social media, a powerful new approach is possible, one that reveals how we actually behave when we think no one’s looking. Outrageous and illuminating, Dataclysm, is a portrait of our essential selves—dark, absurd, occasionally noble—and a first look at a revolution in the making. Author Bio CHRISTIAN RUDDER is co-founder of OkCupid and now serves as chief data analyst and is the author of the popular blog OkTrends. He graduated from Harvard in 1998 with degrees in English and math, and he served as creative director for SparkNotes. He has appeared on NBC’s Dateline and NPR’s All Things Considered, and his work has been written about in the New York Times and the New Yorker, among other places. He lives in Brooklyn with his wife and daughter. Crown 4 Brilliant The Science of How We Get Smarter Annie Murphy Paul Publicist: Penny Simon 865-675-1705 | [email protected] Summary Acclaimed science writer Annie Murphy Paul draws on cutting-edge research to offer a radically hopeful new theory of intelligence. Intelligence is not fixed, she says, but can be powerfully evoked by the everyday situations we ourselves create. Brilliant shows us how. Crown 9780307955920 On Sale Date: 1/27/15 $26.00 Hardcover Psychology - Cognitive Most of us assume that intelligence is immutable, set by our genetic inheritance or by our upbringing. Brilliant explodes that myth by revealing the impact of what Paul calls the microenvironment: the context in which we use our minds at any given moment. Over the past two decades, evidence has been growing that the microenvironments in which we learn and work exert a powerful influence on the expression of our intelligence. From the physical postures we assume to the amount of sleep and exercise we get, from the way we take in new knowledge to the techniques we use to commit material to memory, from our reaction to mistakes to how we handle distractions, from the information we glean from classmates and coworkers to the roles we occupy in our organizations, the situations we create (or find ourselves in) can evoke or suppress intelligent thought and behavior. Through painstaking laboratory experiments—and through real-world field studies involving Tibetan monks and video-game designers, neonatal-care nurses and racetrack bettors, Juilliard-trained pianists and Air Force aviators—cognitive scientists and psychologists have arrived at a revolutionary insight: by carefully structuring the situations presented by our schools and workplaces, we can deliberately evoke intelligence—from ourselves, and from our children, students, and employees. Author Bio Crown ANNIE MURPHY PAUL is an acclaimed science writer; the author of two previous books, The Cult of Personality Testing and Origins; and the creator of the popular Brilliant blog. Paul writes a weekly column about learning for Time’s website and contributes to the New York Times Magazine, Slate, Forbes.com, and O, The Oprah Magazine, among many other publications. A graduate of Yale College and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, Paul is currently a fellow of the New America Foundation and a Spencer Education Journalism Fellow at Columbia University. 5 I Take You A Novel Eliza Kennedy Publicist: Sarah Breivogel 212-572-2722 | [email protected] Summary Brilliantly executed, hilarious, and driven by the irrepressible voice of its unforgettable heroine, this page-turning debut showcases one of the most engaging commercial voices since Helen Fielding’s Bridget Jones. Crown 9780553417821 On Sale Date: 2/3/15 $24.00 Hardcover Fiction - Contemporary Women Junior attorney Lily Wilder is six days from walking down the aisle but has absolutely no business getting married. Her fiancé, Will, is a sweet, intelligent, and loving man. She, however, is sassy, impulsive, and fond of a good drink(s). She is also unapologetic about her appetite for sex—definitely not your average blushing bride. Lily loves Will, but can she really go through with this? Will loves Lily, but does he know her? As the wedding approaches, Lily’s nights—and days—of boozing it up with her best friend, Freddy, are an ever-present reminder of what she’ll be giving up come Saturday. Lily’s mother, grandmother, and a bevy of stepmothers join forces to try and stop what they feel is a disaster in the making, but Lily refuses to hear them out. She is determined to both wed her man and bed whom she pleases as she wraps up the final stages of planning in her Key West hometown. Meanwhile, her job at a powerful Manhattan firm threatens to upend both her wedding and career—and a dark secret from her past resurfaces, thanks to the appearance of an old friend and the intervention of her disapproving future mother-in-law. Unlike anything you’ve ever read before, this joyous and ribald debut introduces a fabulously self-assured protagonist whose choices usher in fresh messages about sexual politics. Author Bio ELIZA KENNEDY attended the University of Iowa and Harvard Law School, where she was an editor of the Harvard Law Review. After graduation she clerked for a federal judge, then practiced litigation for several years at a prestigious Manhattan law firm. She lives in New York with her husband and son. This is her first novel. Crown 6 Hogarth The Book of Strange New Things A Novel Michel Faber Publicist: Annsley Rosner 212-782-9740 | [email protected] Publicist: Dyana Messina 212-572-2098 | [email protected] Summary The long-awaited new novel from the internationally bestselling author of The Crimson Petal and the White. Hogarth 9780553418842 On Sale Date: 10/28/14 $28.00 Hardcover Fiction - Literary Peter—devoted pastor, dedicated missionary, and loving husband to his wife, Bea—has just accepted a demanding and perilous new job. He’s to travel to a new planet, Oasis, to work for a mysterious corporation called USIC. He’s tasked with reaching out to the indigenous race, to make sure they are as peaceful as they seem. Resolutely devout and strengthened by his letters from Bea at home, Peter undertakes his job with complete focus. The Oasans are shockingly open to his teachings, but things start to unravel when Bea’s missives from Earth take a dark tone. Earth appears to be coming apart at the seams: typhoons and earthquakes are devastating whole countries and governments are crumbling. Even the hospital where she works has ceased to function. Their unearthly divide is testing Peter and Bea’s relationship to a startling degree. Peter is thrown into crisis. USIC might be hiding its true motives in developing Oasis, and the Oasans themselves are frustratingly opaque. Bea’s desperate letters are only fomenting his doubt. Peter is suddenly faced with an impossible—and dangerous—decision: to follow his faith, or follow his heart. His life depends on it. Author Bio MICHEL FABER is the internationally bestselling and critically acclaimed author of The Crimson Petal and the White, Under the Skin, which was shortlisted for the Whitbread First Novel Award, and several short-story collections. Faber’s writing has appeared in Granta, The O. Henry Prize Stories, the Sunday Times, and the Sunday Herald, among many other publications. Hogarth 8 Prayers for the Stolen A Novel Jennifer Clement Publicist: Catherine Cullen 212-782-9634 | [email protected] Summary A haunting story of love and survival that introduces an unforgettable literary heroine. Hogarth 9780804138802 On Sale Date: 11/4/14 $15.00 Trade Paperback Fiction - Literary Hogarth Ladydi Garcia Martínez is fierce, funny, and smart, yet she was born into a world where being a girl is a dangerous thing. In the mountains of Guerrero, Mexico, women must fend for themselves, as their men have left to seek opportunities elsewhere. They live in the shadows of the drug war, where bodies turn up on the village outskirts and school is only held sporadically. In Guerrero, drug lords are kings and mothers disguise their daughters as sons. When that fails, they “make them ugly”—cropping their hair, blackening their teeth—anything to protect them from the rapacious grasp of the cartels. And when the notorious black SUVs roll through town, Ladydi and her friends burrow into holes in their backyards like animals, tucked safely out of sight. An illuminating and affecting portrait of women in rural Mexico and a stunning exploration of the hidden consequences of an unjust war, Prayers for the Stolen is an unforgettable story of friendship, family, and determination. Author Bio JENNIFER CLEMENT studied literature in New York and Paris before writing the award-winning memoir Widow Basquiat. She later wrote two novels: A True Story Based on Lies, a finalist for the Orange Prize, and The Poison That Fascinates, and several books of poetry. Clement’s work has been translated into ten languages. Currently the president of PEN Mexico, Clement lives in Mexico City. www.jennifer-clement.com 9 Ruby A Novel Cynthia Bond Publicist: Dyana Messina 212-572-2098 | [email protected] Summary “You can’t help but feel that one day [Ruby] will be considered a staple of our literature, a classic. Lush, deep, momentous. It is a treasure of a book.” —Edwidge Danticat, author of Claire of the Sea Light Hogarth 9780804139113 On Sale Date: 2/10/15 $15.00 Trade Paperback Fiction - Literary Ephram Jennings has never forgotten the beautiful girl with the long braids running through the piney woods of Liberty, their small East Texas town. Young Ruby, “the kind of pretty it hurt to look at,” has suffered beyond imagining, so as soon as she can, she flees suffocating Liberty for the bright pull of 1950s New York. Ruby quickly winds her way into the ripe center of the city— the darkened piano bars and hidden alleyways of the Village—all the while hoping for a glimpse of the red hair and green eyes of her mother. When a telegram from her cousin forces her to return home, 30-year-old Ruby Bell finds herself reliving the devastating violence of her girlhood. With the terrifying realization that she might not be strong enough to fight her way back out again, Ruby struggles to survive her memories of the town’s dark past. Meanwhile, Ephram must choose between loyalty to the sister who raised him and the chance for a life with the woman he has loved since he was a boy. Utterly transfixing, with unforgettable characters, riveting suspense, and breathtaking, luminous prose, Ruby offers an unflinching portrait of man’s dark acts and the promise of the redemptive power of love. Author Bio CYNTHIA BOND has taught writing to homeless and atrisk youth throughout Los Angeles for more than 15 years. She attended Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism and the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. A PEN/Rosenthal Fellow, Bond founded the Blackbird Writing Collective in 2011. A native of East Texas, she lives in Los Angeles with her daughter. Hogarth 10 The Room A Novel Jonas Karlsson Publicist: Rachel Rokicki 212-782-8455 | [email protected] Summary Funny, clever, surreal, and thought-provoking, this Kafkaesque masterpiece introduces the unforgettable Bjorn, an exceptionally meticulous office worker striving to live life on his own terms. Hogarth 9780804139984 On Sale Date: 2/17/15 $14.00 Trade Paperback Fiction - Literary Hogarth Bjorn is a compulsive, exacting bureaucrat who discovers a secret room at the government office where he works— a secret room that no one else in his office will acknowledge. When Bjorn is in his room, what his coworkers see is him standing by the wall and staring off into space looking dazed, relaxed, and decidedly creepy. Bjorn’s bizarre behavior eventually leads his coworkers to try to have him fired, but Bjorn will turn the tables on them with help from his secret room. Debut author Jonas Karlsson doesn’t leave a word out of place in this brilliant, bizarre, delightful take on how far we will go—in a world ruled by conformity—to live an individual and examined life. Author Bio JONAS KARLSSON writes plays and short fiction. One of Sweden’s most prominent actors, Karlsson has performed on Sweden’s premier stage and in several acclaimed feature films and television series. In 2005, Karlsson made his debut as a playwright, earning rave reviews from audiences and critics alike. Spurred by the joy of writing for the stage, Karlsson began writing fiction. 11 If I Fall, If I Die A Novel Michael Christie Publicist: Dyana Messina 212-572-2098 | [email protected] Summary A heartfelt and wondrous debut, by a supremely gifted and exciting new voice in fiction Hogarth 9780804140805 On Sale Date: 1/20/15 $25.00 Hardcover Fiction - Literary Will has never been to the outside, at least not since he can remember. And he has certainly never gotten to know anyone other than his mother, a fiercely loving yet wildly eccentric agoraphobe who drowns in panic at the thought of opening the front door. Their little world comprises only the rooms in their home, each filled with Will’s art projects and named for various exotic locales. Soon the confines of his world close in on Will. Despite his mother’s protestations, Will ventures outside clad in a protective helmet and braces himself for danger. He eventually meets and befriends Jonah, a quiet boy who introduces Will to skateboarding. Will welcomes his new world with enthusiam, his fears fading and his body hardening with each new bump, scrape, and fall. But life quickly gets complicated. When a local boy goes missing, Will and Jonah want to uncover what happened. They embark on an extraordinary adventure that pulls Will far from the confines of his closed-off world and into the throes of early adulthood and the dangers that everyday life offers. Author Bio MICHAEL CHRISTIE received an MFA from the University of British Columbia and is a former professional skateboarder. His first book, The Beggar’s Garden, was a finalist for a number of major Canadian prizes and the winner of the City of Vancouver Book Award. He lives with his family on Galiano Island, British Columbia. If I Fall, If I Die is his U.S. debut. Hogarth 12 Broadway Books Five Days at Memorial Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital Sheri Fink Publicist: Dyana Messina 212-572-2098 | [email protected] Summary The National Book Critics Circle winner for nonfiction now available in paperback: Pulitzer Prize winner Sheri Fink’s landmark investigation of patient deaths at a New Orleans hospital ravaged by Hurricane Katrina—and her suspenseful portrayal of the quest for truth and justice Broadway Books 9780307718976 On Sale Date: 9/9/14 $16.00 Trade Paperback Social Science - Disease & Health Issues In the tradition of the best investigative journalism, physician and reporter Sheri Fink reconstructs five days at Memorial Medical Center and draws the reader into the lives of those who struggled mightily to survive and to maintain life amid chaos. After Katrina struck and the floodwaters rose, the power failed, and the heat climbed, exhausted caregivers chose to designate certain patients last for rescue. Months later, several health professionals faced criminal allegations that they deliberately injected numerous patients with drugs to hasten their deaths. Five Days at Memorial, the culmination of six years of reporting, unspools the mystery of what happened in those days, bringing the reader into a hospital fighting for its life and into a conversation about the most terrifying form of health care rationing. In a voice at once involving and fair, masterful and intimate, Fink exposes the hidden dilemmas of end-of-life care and reveals just how ill-prepared we are in America for the impact of large-scale disasters—and how we can do better. A remarkable book, engrossing from start to finish, Five Days at Memorial radically transforms your understanding of human nature in crisis. Author Bio SHERI FINK’s reporting has won the Pulitzer Prize, the National Magazine Award, and the Overseas Press Club Lowell Thomas Award, among other journalism prizes. Most recently, her coverage of Hurricanes Sandy and Isaac received the Berger Award from Columbia University and the Beat Reporting award from the Association of Health Care Journalists. Fink, a former relief worker in disaster and conflict zones, received her M.D. and Ph.D. from Stanford University. Broadway Books 14 City of Stairs Robert Jackson Bennett Publicist: Lauren Kuhn 212-782-8637 | [email protected] Summary A densely atmospheric and intrigue-filled fantasy novel of living spies, dead gods, buried histories, and a mysterious, everchanging city—from one of America’s most acclaimed young sci-fi writers. Broadway Books 9780804137171 On Sale Date: 9/9/14 $15.00 Trade Paperback Fiction - Fantasy - Epic Broadway Books Years ago, the city of Bulikov wielded the powers of the Gods to conquer the world. But after its divine protectors were mysteriously killed, the conqueror has become the conquered; the city’s proud history has been erased and censored, progress has left it behind, and it is just another colonial outpost of the world’s new geopolitical power. Into this musty, backward city steps Shara Thivani. Officially, the quiet mousy woman is just another lowly diplomat sent by Bulikov’s oppressors. Unofficially, Shara is one of her country’s most accomplished spymasters— dispatched to investigate the brutal murder of a seemingly harmless historian. As Shara pursues the mystery through the evershifting physical and political geography of the city, she begins to suspect that the beings who once protected Bulikov may not be as dead as they seem—and that her own abilities might be touched by the divine as well. Author Bio ROBERT JACKSON BENNETT was born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, but grew up in Katy, Texas. He attended the University of Texas at Austin and, like a lot of its alumni, was unable to leave the charms of the city. He resides there currently with his wife and son. 15 Mastering the Art of Soviet Cooking A Memoir of Food and Longing Anya Von Bremzen Publicist: Catherine Cullen 212-782-9634 | [email protected] Summary A James Beard Award–winning writer captures life under the Red socialist banner in this wildly inventive, tragicomic memoir of feasts, famines, and three generations. Broadway Books 9780307886828 On Sale Date: 9/23/14 $15.00 Trade Paperback Biography & Autobiography Personal Memoirs Born in 1963, Anya von Bremzen grew up in a communual Moscow apartment where eighteen families shared one kitchen. She sang odes to Lenin, black-marketeered Juicy Fruit gum at school, and, like most Soviet citizens, longed for a taste of the mythical West. When Anya was 10, she and her mother fled the political repression of Brezhnevera Russia, arriving in Philadelphia with no winter coats and no right of return. Now Anya lives in two parallel food universes: one where she writes about four-star restaurants, the other where a taste of humble kolbasa transports her back to her scarlet-blazed socialist past. To bring that past to life in its full flavor, both bitter and sweet, Anya and her mother, Larisa, decide to cook their way through every decade of the Soviet experience. Through these meals, Anya tells the story of three Soviet generations. Their stories unfold against the panorama of Soviet history and, ultimately, the collapse of the USSR. Bound together by Anya’s passionate nostalgia, sly humor, and piercing observations, Mastering the Art of Soviet Cooking stirs our souls and our senses. Author Bio ANYA VON BREMZEN is the recipient of three James Beard Awards, a contributing editor at Travel + Leisure, and the author of five acclaimed cookbooks, among them The New Spanish Table and Please to the Table: The Russian Cookbook. She contributes regularly to Food & Wine and Saveur and has written for The New Yorker, Departures, and the Los Angeles Times. Broadway Books 16 The Divorce Papers A Novel Susan Rieger Publicist: Abigail Murdy 212-572-2247 | [email protected] Summary Witty and wonderful, sparkling and sophisticated, this debut romantic comedy brilliantly tells the story of one very messy, very high-profile divorce, and the endearingly cynical young lawyer dragooned into handling it. Broadway Books 9780804137461 On Sale Date: 10/28/14 $15.00 Trade Paperback Fiction - Contemporary Women Twenty-nine-year-old Sophie Diehl is a criminal law associate at an old-line New England firm. Everyone at Traynor, Hand knows she abhors face-to-face contact, but with all the big partners away, Sophie must handle the intake interview for the daughter of the firm’s most important client. After 18 years of marriage, Mayflower descendant Mia Meiklejohn Durkheim has just been served divorce papers, and she is locked and loaded to fight her eminent and ambitious husband, pediatric oncologist Dr. Daniel Durkheim, for custody of their 10-year-old daughter, Jane. Sophie warns Mia that she’s never handled a divorce case before, but Mia insists. As she so disarmingly puts it: It’s her first divorce, too. First-time novelist Susan Rieger doesn’t leave a word out of place in this hilarious and expertly crafted debut. Told through personal notes, memos, e-mails, articles, and legal papers, this playful reinvention of the epistolary form races along with humor and heartache, exploring the complicated family dynamic that results when marriage fails. Author Bio SUSAN RIEGER is a graduate of Columbia Law School. She has worked as a residential college dean at Yale, an attorney at a prominent New York City law firm, and an associate provost at Columbia; she has also written about the law. She lives in New York City with her husband. This is her first novel. Broadway Books 17 The Martian A Novel Andy Weir Publicist: Sarah Breivogel 212-572-2722 | [email protected] Summary The New York Times bestseller now available in paperback. A mission to Mars. A freak accident. One man’s struggle to survive. Six days ago, astronaut Mark Watney became one of the first people to walk on Mars. Now, he’s sure he’ll be the first person to die there. After a dust storm nearly kills him and forces his crew to evacuate the planet while thinking him dead, Mark finds himself stranded on Mars’s surface, completely alone, with no way to even signal Earth that he’s alive. And even if he could get word out, his supplies would be gone years before a rescue could arrive. Chances are, though, Mark won’t have time to starve to death. The damaged machinery, unforgiving environment, or plainold “human error” are much more likely to kill him first. Author Bio Broadway Books 9780553418026 On Sale Date: 11/4/14 $15.00 Trade Paperback ANDY WEIR was first hired as a programmer for a national lab at age fifteen and has been engineering software ever since. He’s always been fascinated by space travel and is a devoted hobbyist of subjects like orbital mechanics, relativistic physics, astronomy, and the history of manned spaceflight. The Martian is his first novel. Fiction - Science Fiction Action & Adventure Broadway Books 18 The Accident Chris Pavone Publicist: Sarah Breivogel 212-572-2722 | [email protected] Summary The New York Times bestseller now available in paperback. An elegant, riveting follow-up to the New York Times–bestselling and Edgar Award winning novel, The Expats As dawn approaches in New York, literary agent Isabel Reed is turning the final pages of a mysterious, anonymous manuscript entitled The Accident, racing through its explosive revelations about powerful people, and somehow, long-hidden secrets connected to her own past. In Copenhagen, veteran CIA operative Hayden Gray, determined that this sweeping story be buried, is suddenly staring down the barrel of a gun. In Zurich, the author himself is hiding in a shadowy expat life, paranoid and seeking atonement for the lies and betrayals exposed by his work. Over the course of one long, increasingly perilous day, these lives collide as the book begins its dangerous march toward publication, placing everything at risk— and everyone in mortal peril. The Accident proves once again that Chris Pavone is a true master of suspense. Broadway Books 9780385348478 On Sale Date: 1/6/15 $15.00 Trade Paperback Fiction - Thrillers - Suspense Broadway Books Author Bio CHRIS PAVONE, the author of the New York Times– bestselling The Expats, was a book editor for nearly two decades. He lives in New York City with his family. 19 Crown Archetype Crown Archetype Crown Business Crown Forum Harmony Books Tammy Blake Vice President and Publicity Director, Crown Archetype, Harmony Books, Crown Forum, and Three Rivers Press T: 212-572-2542 • [email protected] Three Rivers Press Crown Archetype Parcells A Football Life Bill Parcells and Nunyo Demasio Publicist: Ellen Folan 212-782-8944 | [email protected] Summary After his pivotal 2013 induction into the Pro Football Hall of Fame, iconoclastic and Super Bowl–winning coach Bill Parcells finally reveals his life story and 50 storied years of football. Widely acclaimed sports writer Nunyo Demasio touches on some of the biggest NFL franchises in history, including the New York Giants, New England Patriots, New York Jets, and Dallas Cowboys. Crown Archetype 9780385346351 On Sale Date: 9/9/14 $30.00 Hardcover Biography & Autobiography Sports Crown Archetype Bill Parcells may be the most iconic football coach of our time. During his decades-long tenure as an NFL coach, he turned failing franchises into contenders. He led the ailing New York Giants to two Super Bowl victories, turned the New England Patriots from a team best known for their drug scandals into an NFL powerhouse, reinvigorated the New York Jets, brought the Dallas Cowboys back to life, and was most recently enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Beloved and controversial but always respected, this is a rare inside look at one of football’s greatest minds at the most reflective time in his career. Author Bios BILL PARCELLS is a veteran football coach for the NFL. He lives in southern Florida. NUNYO DEMASIO is a reporter and feature writer who has written for the New York Daily News, Washington Post, Seattle Times, Newsday, Sports Illustrated, and ESPN: The Magazine. 24 Neil Patrick Harris: Choose Your Own Autobiography Neil Patrick Harris Publicist: Tammy Blake 212-572-2542 | [email protected] Summary TV favorite Neil Patrick Harris takes readers on an entertaining and original adventure through his life and career. Crown Archetype 9780385346993 On Sale Date: 10/14/14 $26.00 Hardcover Biography & Autobiography Entertainment & Performing Arts Crown Archetype Neil Patrick Harris is an Emmy-winning stage and screen performer, famous for his roles as Barney Stinson in the popular CBS sitcom How I Met Your Mother and as the iconic and beloved Doogie Howser. He’s also hosted both the Tonys and the Emmys multiple times and is one of Twitter’s most popular and engaged celebrities. Oh, and he’s an accomplished amateur magician on the side! With the publication of Neil Patrick Harris: Choose Your Own Autobiography, Neil adds “author” to his long resume, bringing his unique and hilarious voice to the page for the first time. Drawing on his life experiences— from being a child star to coming out to acting on Broadway and becoming a father—as well as his personal philosophies and love of adventure and surprise, Neil has created a reading experience for his fans that is nontraditional, imaginative, and laugh-out-loud funny. Author Bio NEIL PATRICK HARRIS is an actor, singer, director, producer, and magician. He lives in Los Angeles with his partner, David Burtka, and their son and daughter. 25 Food: A Love Story Jim Gaffigan Publicist: Tammy Blake 212-572-2542 | [email protected] Summary In the follow-up to his New York Times bestseller Dad Is Fat, comedian Jim Gaffigan takes on his favorite topic: food. Bacon. McDonald’s. Cinnabon. Hot Pockets. Kale. Stand-up comedian and New York Times bestselling author Jim Gaffigan has made his career rhapsodizing over the most treasured dishes of the American diet (“choking on bacon is like getting murdered by your lover”) and decrying its worst offenders (“kale is the early morning of foods”). Fans flocked to his New York Times bestselling book Dad Is Fat to hear him riff on fatherhood but now, in his second book, he will give them what they really want—more than 200 pages of his thoughts on all things culinary(ish). You will learn why he believes coconut water was invented to get people to stop drinking coconut water, why pretzel bread is #3 on his most important inventions of humankind (behind the wheel and the computer), and the answer to the age-old question: “Which animal is more delicious: the pig, the cow, or the bacon cheeseburger?” Crown Archetype 9780804140416 On Sale Date: 10/28/14 $26.00 Hardcover Humor - Essays Crown Archetype Author Bio JIM GAFFIGAN is a stand-up comedian, actor, and the bestselling author of Dad Is Fat. He lives in Manhattan with his wife, Jeannie, and their five children. 26 A Letter to My Cat Notes to Our Best Friends Lisa Erspamer Publicist: Rebecca Marsh 212-572-2544 | [email protected] Summary The follow-up to A Letter to My Dog takes on cats, with celebrities writing letters of love and gratitude to their beloved pet felines. Alluring, elusive, mysterious—the cats in our lives are not always easy to get to know. But as with all pets, they have unique personalities and stories to tell. Alongside beautiful four-color photos of their cats, A Letter to My Cat collects personal letters from celebrities offering love and gratitude for all that their cats bring to their lives. Contributors already locked in include Gina Gershon, Joe Perry (Aerosmith), Stacy London, Jackson Galaxy, Dita Von Teese, and even Hungry Girl, with many more to come (Katy Perry, Halle Berry, Cameron Diaz, Karl Lagerfeld, Taylor Swift, Grumpy Cat’s owner). Author Bio Crown Archetype 9780804139656 On Sale Date: 10/28/14 $25.00 Hardcover Pets - Cats - General Crown Archetype LISA ERSPAMER most recently served as chief creative officer and executive vice president of programming and development for OWN. Prior to that, Lisa was coexecutive producer of The Oprah Winfrey Show, where she produced and oversaw hundreds of shows, including the biggest flash mob in history, the legendary car giveaway, Whitney Houston’s final interview, and many others. 27 Billy Joel The Definitive Biography Fred Schruers Publicist: Ellen Folan 212-782-8944 | [email protected] Summary Cover Not Available Crown Archetype 9780804140195 On Sale Date: 10/28/14 $29.00 Hardcover Biography - Entertainment & Performing Arts The long-awaited biography of the worldclass music legend, based on exclusive interviews, originally intended for Billy Joel’s autobiography Fred Schruers provides an unfettered look into Billy Joel’s journey from a pint-sized kid growing up in a cookiecutter Long Island suburb to a rock star of monumental success, and the person that remains behind his iconic status. After sitting down with Joel for over 100 hours of exclusive interviews, Schruers tells Joel’s story with an unparalleled level of intimate knowledge. He recounts the bouts Joel fought in and out of the boxing ring, trying to assert himself in spite of his small stature, and the sweaty, weekend shows he played as a member of the Hassles. Schruers captures the spirit of a restless artist breaking into the 1970s songwriting scene in narrating the experiences and relationships that inspired the songs that helped define an era, such as “Only the Good Die Young” and “Always a Woman to Me,” bringing to life stories that live within those songs. Throughout, the voices of Joel’s inner circle and associates—including the Mean Brothers and the road dogs, who lived much of the journey with him—are heard in this all-access story of a beloved rock star’s epic American story. Author Bio FRED SCHRUERS enjoyed a successful, high-profile career as a writer at Rolling Stone, chronicling an impressive body of musicians and actors, including Fleetwood Mac, Bruce Springsteen, Jack Nicholson, Sheryl Crow, Matthew McConaughey, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, and Chris Rock. His writing has also appeared in Premiere, Entertainment Weekly, Men’s Journal, GQ, the Los Angeles Times, and Columbia Journalism Review. He currently freelances for a variety of national outlets. Crown Archetype 28 So Anyway Recollections from a Life in Comedy John Cleese Publicist: Penny Simon 865-675-1705 | [email protected] Summary The autobiography of John Cleese, legendary cofounder of the comedy troupe Monty Python, creator of the award-winning British sitcom Fawlty Towers and featured performer in the James Bond, Harry Potter, and Shrek films. Crown Archetype 9780385348249 On Sale Date: 11/4/14 $28.00 Hardcover Autobiography - Entertainment & Performing Arts John Cleese ranks among the most popular and influential comic geniuses of our time. His work has had—and continues to have—an enormous impact on the world of entertainment. After getting his start as a writer and actor on the landmark David Frost-hosted The Frost Report, where he worked alongside many who would later become comedy icons, Cleese landed his most famous role as a star of the TV show Monty Python’s Flying Circus. To the legions of Python fans and comedy aficionados worldwide, Cleese’s work with the Pythons has become the stuff of legend. From a Minister of Silly Walks, to the owner (and would-be returner) of a dead parrot, to the ultraviolent Lancelot in Monty Python and the Holy Grail. Cleese followed his Python work with a hugely successful turn as the neurotic hotel manager Basil Fawlty in the British comedy Fawlty Towers, which in 2000 topped the British Film Institute’s list of the 100 Greatest Television Programs, as well as his starring role in the classic comedy A Fish Called Wanda, And these days there’s a new generation of fans who’ve come to know and love him for his recurring roles in the James Bond, Harry Potter, and Shrek franchises, and his many guest appearances on TV, ranging from roles on The Avengers and Dr. Who to, more recently, 3rd Rock from the Sun, Will and Grace, and Entourage. Author Bio JOHN CLEESE, a member of Monty Python, a star of Fawlty Towers, and an entertainment legend, is also a lecturer on creativity and is currently professor-at-large at Cornell University. He currently spends most of his time in England. Crown Archetype 29 Becoming Steve Jobs The Education of a Legendary CEO Brent Schlender and Rick Tetzeli Publicist: Ellen Folan 212-782-8944 | [email protected] Summary Crown Archetype 9780385347402 On Sale Date: 2/17/15 $30.00 Hardcover Biography - Business This is the behind the scenes account of how Steve Jobs arguably became the most famous and visionary CEO in history. Awardwinning journalist Brent Schlender and veteran editor Rick Tetzeli have interviewed friends, industry insiders, and the people who knew Jobs best throughout his evolution as a CEO and leader. In addition Schlender, who knew Jobs personally for 25 years, has over 100 hours of interview tapes with Jobs to draw on, many hours of which have never before been transcribed. In May 2012, Schlender’s and Tetzeli’s Fast Company cover story about Jobs, entitled “The Lost Tapes of Steve Jobs,” created a sensation in publications around the world. The narrative thrust of Becoming Steve Jobs is Job’s growth and evolution as a manager and leader of others, as an astute CEO, as a father and as a visionary with an unparalled sense of what consumers wanted— before they knew what they wanted themselves. But he didn’t start out with those skills. When he first left Apple in 1985 and struck out to form his own company, NeXT, he knew little about running a company, or holding to a budget, or developing successful products. It was during his years in the wilderness, unsuccessfully launching NeXT, and helping to revitalize Pixar, that he learned the skills that would make him so successful upon his return to Apple in 1996. Author Bios BRENT SCHLENDER worked for the Wall Street Journal for 10 years and as lead technology writer for Fortune. He now contributes articles to Fast Company. Schlender covered Steve Jobs for over 25 years, and has written five Fortune cover stories about him. He has over 100 hours of tapes of his interviews with Jobs, many hours of which have never before been transcribed or published. RICK TETZELI is a former deputy editor at Fortune, editor of Entertainment Weekly, and executive editor at Fast Company. Crown Archetype 30 Flagrant Fouls Loose Balls, Body Slams, and Life in the NBA Jalen Rose Publicist: Ellen Folan 212-782-8944 | [email protected] Summary Former NBA star and current ESPN commentator Jalen Rose dishes out his witty, biting observations and lets readers into the minds of basketball players on and off the court. As a former member of the Michigan Wolverine’s “Fab Five” and a player in some of the Indiana Pacers’ best seasons, Rose is well qualified to expose the inner workings of college basketball. His sharp tongue, quick wit, and irreverent sense of humor leave no subject untouched, from the ways players blow off steam on the road (champagning and campaigning) and what the groupie scene is like in various NBA cities, to what draft day is like and how race plays out in the locker room. Flagrant Fouls will also discuss trends and transitions within the game, including the rise and fall of the point guard and the end of the dominant center. Author Bio Crown Archetype 9780804138901 On Sale Date: 2/17/15 $28.00 Hardcover Sports & Recreation - Basketball Crown Archetype JALEN ROSE was born and raised in Detroit, Michigan, and attended Southwestern High School and the University of Michigan. As the only team in Final Four history to start five freshmen, the Michigan Wolverines appeared in back-to-back NCAA Championship games. In 1994, Jalen was drafted in the first round by the Denver Nuggets. As a member of the Indiana Pacers, he appeared in three straight Eastern Conference finals and went to the NBA Finals in 2000. While many basketball stars make the transition to the small screen after they hang up their basketball kicks, Jalen made the bold leap in the midst of his NBA career in 2002, becoming a multifaceted reporter and on-air personality for Fox Sports Net’s famed Best Damn Sports Show Period. In 2000, Jalen established the Jalen Rose Foundation/Charitable Fund to create life-changing opportunities for underserved youth through the development of unique programs and the distribution of grants to qualified nonprofit organizations. Recently, the Detroit News recognized Jalen with the prestigious Michiganian of the Year Award in recognition of his excellence, courage, and philanthropy. 31 Harmony Books The Happiness of Pursuit Finding the Quest That Will Bring Purpose to Your Life Chris Guillebeau Publicist: Lauren Cook 212-782-9486 | [email protected] Summary From visionary social entrepreneur and lifestyle architect Chris Guillebeau, author of the New York Times bestseller The $100 Startup, comes a book about finding purpose and meaning by committing to a lifechanging project or quest. Harmony Books 9780385348843 On Sale Date: 9/9/14 $25.00 Hardcover Self-Help - Happiness Chris Guillebeau specializes in helping people break out of the “box” of their everyday lives. His most recent book, The $100 Startup, explained how to create income on one’s own terms and not necessarily abide by a 9-to5, “work for the man” model. But while liberation from “the grind” is one step in pursuing a life of purpose, it’s far from the only way. Indeed, genuine fulfillment typically requires a quest or challenge that is big and ambitious, that involves surpassing the limits most people accept as part of their boring, routine-filled lives and making an actual difference. Chris has undertaken a successful quest of his own, having visited every country in the world by age 35. But the quests or projects discussed in this book need not involve travel at all. What they do involve is commitment and progressive accomplishment, losing oneself in an accretive task—whether it be a physical journey, an artistic enterprise, a philanthropic feat, even an act of political protest. Chris has surveyed thousands who’ve undertaken such quests and really drilled down to discover how they went about it, the common mistakes, what happened when they hit the wall, and how they coped when the quest was over. His specialty is well-researched, easy-to-follow advice that helps readers bridge the gap between “impossible dream” and “everyday reality.” Author Bio CHRIS GUILLEBEAU is the New York Times bestselling author of The $100 Startup and The Art of Non-Conformity. He is also the host of the annual World Domination Summit and Pioneer Nation. Harmony Books 34 Strong Is the New Skinny How to Eat, Live, and Move to Maximize Your Power Jennifer Cohen and Stacey Colino Publicist: Rebecca Marsh 212-572-2544 | [email protected] Summary In Strong Is the New Skinny, Jennifer Cohen shows a multipronged plan to become your strongest, fittest, sexiest, and most vibrant self, with a food plan that maximizes energy, vitality, and power; as well as supercharged workouts that combine high-intensity circuit training with one-minute cardio blasts. Look at any woman’s magazine and the messages are clear: If you’re a woman, you’re not skinny enough, perfect enough, lean enough...you simply are not enough. Jennifer Cohen, trainer and wellness coach, wants to change the conversation: You have everything you need already; you just have to know your own strength. Harmony Books 9780804140515 On Sale Date: 9/16/14 $18.00 Trade Paperback Health & Fitness - Diet & Nutrition - Diet Harmony Books Author Bio JENNIFER COHEN is the lifestyle and fitness spokesperson for world-class brands including Muscle Milk, Good Feet, and Polar Heart Rate Monitors. Weight Watchers appointed Jennifer their fitness spokesperson as well as the national ambassador of their third annual “Walk it!” Challenge. She has developed fitness programs for leading health clubs including Toronto’s Yorkville Club, and she works with celebrities and top executives to incorporate fitness and nutrition into their lives. Visit her websites www.jennifercohen.com and ngrfit.com. 35 Make Up Your Life Your Guide to Beauty, Style, and Success— Online and Off Michelle Phan Publicist: Lauren Cook 212-782-9486 | [email protected] Summary Michelle Phan’s inspiring self-help guide to living a beautiful life, inside and out, with advice on everything from makeup and style to career and creativity. Harmony Books 9780804137348 On Sale Date: 10/14/14 $23.00 Hardcover Health & Fitness - Beauty & Grooming Michelle Phan has been hooked on makeup since the first time she was allowed to try eyeliner. She saw a different person looking back in the mirror and fell in love with the sense of confidence, beauty, and empowerment it gave her. Following her passion, Michelle began filming makeup tutorials at home as a college student in 2007—one she uploaded to YouTube garnered 40k views within a week. Today, she has an empire that includes her own makeup line with L’Oreal, multiple websites, a global community of fans, and one of the most popular channels on YouTube. The video tutorials that first made her famous are on track to reach one billion total views by the end of 2013. Now Michelle has collected her best advice, stories, and lessons into the book her fans have been asking for. It includes her trademark beauty and style tips and tutorials as well as stories from her life and advice on the topics her fans ask her about most, including exercise, diet, career, entrepreneurship,and creativity. Author Bio MICHELLE PHAN is a beauty expert and digital content pioneer. In addition to having created her immensely popular YouTube channel, Michelle also created the beauty social networking site and sampling program ipsy.com, YouTube’s For All Women Network (FAWN), and the makeup line em michelle phan. Harmony Books 36 The 13th Gift A True Story About a Christmas Miracle Joanne Smith Publicist: Lauren Cook 212-782-9486 | [email protected] Summary For readers of Richard Paul Evans and Greg Kincaid comes The 13th Gift, a heartwarming Christmas memoir about how a random act of kindness transformed one of the bleakest moments in a family’s history into a time of strength and love. After the unexpected death of her husband, Joanne Huist Smith had no idea how she would keep herself together and be strong for her three children—especially with the holiday season approaching. But 12 days before Christmas, presents begin appearing on her doorstep with notes from their “True Friends.” As the Smiths came together to solve the mystery of who the gifts were from, they began to thaw out from their grief and come together again as a family. This true story about the power of random acts of kindness will warm the heart and remind readers to appreciate the gift of family during the holiday season. Harmony Books 9780553418552 On Sale Date: 10/28/14 $15.00 Hardcover Author Bio JOANNE SMITH is a native of Dayton, Ohio. She earned a bachelor’s degree in English at Wright State University and works as a reporter for the Dayton Daily News. Autobiography - Personal Memoirs Harmony Books 37 The Skinny Gut Diet Balance Your Digestive System for Permanent Weight Loss Brenda Watson, CNC Publicist: Lauren Cook 212-782-9486 | [email protected] Summary A breakthrough diet book from New York Times bestselling author, PBS icon, and gut expert Brenda Watson, this will be the first weight loss program using the latest scientific information on digestive health and sustainable fitness. An easy, nutritious, and delicious diet. Harmony Books 9780553417944 On Sale Date: 11/4/14 $27.00 Hardcover Health & Fitness - Diet & Nutrition In The Skinny Gut Diet,New York Times bestselling author Brenda Watson draws the surprising connection between weight gain and an underlying imbalance of bacteria in the gut. She uses current scientific research to outline how balancing the digestive tract—what Watson refers to as the gut factor—is the most overlooked weight loss secret today. The Skinny Gut Diet demonstrates the lifestyle factors that create a bacterial imbalance in the first place, outlining a plan for healthy digestion that readers can immediately implement. The plan within this book is simple: curtail sugar consumption and eat more healthy fats, living foods, and lean protein. The Skinny Gut Diet promises that readers who follow this plan will: 1. Absorb fewer calories from food. 2. Experience fewer cravings. 3. Store less fat. Author Bio For over 20 years, BRENDA WATSON has dedicated her career to helping people achieve vibrant, lasting health through improved digestive function. A dynamic health advocate and celebrated PBS-TV health educator, she is among the foremost authorities in America on optimum nutrition and digestion, natural detoxification methods, and herbal internal cleansing. Harmony Books 38 The Burn What to Eat When You Want to Lose Weight Fast Haylie Pomroy Publicist: Tammy Blake 212-572-2542 | [email protected] Summary #1 New York Times bestselling author and nutrition powerhouse Haylie Pomroy creates a food-based, goal-specific, supercharged weight-loss plan for readers looking to shed fat fast, but who don’t have 28 days to make a change. Losing weight feels great, but what happens when your weight loss comes to a screeching halt just five or ten pounds shy of the finish line? You have a big event coming up fast, like a wedding, a class reunion, or a vacation on the beach, and you’re body just isn’t ready. You’ve only got a few pounds to lose to reach your dream weight, but they stick to you like glue and no matter what you do, your weight doesn’t budge. If this sounds like you, then you need The Burn. Author Bio Harmony Books 9780804141055 On Sale Date: 12/30/14 $26.00 Hardcover Health & Fitness - Diet & Nutrition - Diet Harmony Books Celebrity nutritionist and Extra “Lifechanger” HAYLIE POMROY is well known in Hollywood and in the medical community for her ability to affect rapid weight loss by using food to stimulate and jump-start metabolism. With clinics in Beverly Hills, Burbank, Irvine, and Fort Collins, Haylie’s A-list celebrity clients include Jennifer Lopez, Robert Downey Jr., Reese Witherspoon, NFL athletes, and cast members of Glee. She appears on NBC’s Extra 12 times a year, has appeared on Access Hollywood, and has been featured in Marie Claire, People, Star, and more. She is a nutrition expert on Momlogic (and 27 media affiliates). Haylie is vice president of clinical research and development for East West Essentials, a nutritional supplement company, and is a registered wellness consultant and certified holistic counselor. 39 MeQuilibrium The Clinically Proven Plan That Cuts Stress in Half! Jan Bruce, Andrew Shatte, PhD, and Adam Perlman, MD Publicist: Ellen Folan 212-782-8944 | [email protected] Summary MeQuilibrium is a multiyear effort among top minds in wellness trends, cognitive psychology, and integrative medicine to create a comprehensive, balanced solution to defang stress and reboot, rebuild, and relax in 21 days. The efficacy of this unique plan has been proven in three clinical trials—within just 60 days, participants’ stress was cut almost in half. Harmony Books 9780804138499 On Sale Date: 12/30/14 $26.00 Hardcover Self-Help - Happiness Harmony Books This dynamic author team has created cutting-edge software, apps, and the website MeQuilibrium.com, which is destined to become the Mint.com of well-being. Individuals and corporations are using this high-tech aid to manage excess stress—and now overwhelmed readers can too. In 21 days they can shift their stress response, build resiliency, and gain personal equilibrium. Author Bios Prior to founding MeQuilibrium, JAN BRUCE was managing director and publisher at Martha Stewart Living’s Whole Living.com/body+soul magazine. Earlier she served as CEO and cofounder of Integrative Medicine Communications, the leading digital brand in sciencebased complementary medicine. ANDREW SHATTE, PhD, is founder and president of Phoenix Life Academy, a company that specializes in measuring and training in resilience. He is a fellow at the Brookings Institution’s Center for Executive Education, a former professor of psychology at Penn, and currently serves as a research professor in the College of Medicine at the University of Arizona. ADAM PERLMAN, MD, is a recognized leader in the field of integrative medicine and a respected researcher and educator in the field of complementary and alternative medicine and wellness. His research has been published in the Archives of Internal Medicine and the New York Times. In 2011, he became the executive director for Duke Integrative Medicine. 40 Effortless Healing 9 Simple Ways to Sidestep Illness, Shed Excess Weight, and Help Your Body Fix Itself Joseph Mercola, MD Publicist: Tammy Blake 212-572-2542 | [email protected] Publicist: Lauren Cook 212-782-9486 | [email protected] Summary With the #1 natural health website in the world and always at the forefront of what’s next in alternative health, Dr. Joseph Mercola reaches tens of millions of people each year who trust him to deliver actionable advice and cutting-edge health breakthroughs. Now his first trade book in years distills decades of his experience into 9 simple keys to maximizing health, preventing disease, and protecting ourselves from the negative fallout of modern living. Harmony Books 9780553417975 On Sale Date: 2/24/15 $26.00 Hardcover Health & Fitness - Healing This book will be Dr. Mercola’s first truly comprehensive manual of his lifestyle message, synthesizing what he’s learned into easy methods that anyone can follow to optimize health. The book’s aim is to arm readers with the healing power that is their birthright and, through simple changes, unleash the hidden healers already available within each of us. Replete with informational sidebars and eye-opening takeaways, Effortless Healing delivers top-notch nutrition, exercises, and lifestyle strategies that can be tailored to your unique goals and biology. Author Bio JOSEPH MERCOLA, MD, is a passionate advocate of natural medicine. He is a wellness champion and a visionary who has succeeded in implementing much-needed changes to our current health care system. He is also a New York Times bestselling author who has appeared on national news media such as CNN, Fox News, ABC News, Today, CBS’s Washington Unplugged, and many times on The Dr. Oz Show. After 25 years as a physician to thousands of patients, Dr. Mercola merged his passion for health with his interest in technology and created Mercola.com in 1997. Mercola.com is the #1 natural health website, educating and empowering millions of subscribers to take control of their health. Harmony Books 41 Crown Business Zero to One Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future Peter Thiel with Blake Masters Publicist: Carisa Hays 212-782-9277 | [email protected] Summary Silicon Valley legend Peter Thiel’s innovative new theory and formula for how to build the companies of the future: the only way to create lasting value and profits is to create and monopolize a new market instead of trying to compete in an existing one. For readers of The Lean Startup, Good to Great, and Black Swan. Crown Business 9780804139298 On Sale Date: 9/16/14 $27.00 Hardcover Business & Economics Entrepreneurship Refining and expanding on the lecture notes from his startups course at Stanford (which received over a million views online), Thiel says that progress comes in two forms: vertical and horizontal. Horizontal progress means copying or iterating on products, ideas, and solutions that already exist; vertical progress is building new ones from the ground up. Yet horizontal progress yields only incremental improvements and short-term profits that are quickly competed away. To create lasting value, we must strive for vertical progress: going from 0 to 1. Thiel urges innovators in all fields not to compete on well-trodden paths but rather to find a new frontier, plant their flag, monopolize, then scale up as quickly as possible. The next great company won’t be another Microsoft or Apple—those have been done. Instead it will be something completely new that we have yet to dream up. Author Bios PETER THIEL is a billionaire entrepreneur and investor best known for cofounding PayPal and making the first outside investment in Facebook and early investments in SpaceX, LinkedIn, Yelp, and Spotify. He currently nurtures tomorrow’s tech visionaries through his fund, the Thiel Foundation. He has appeared on 60 Minutes, CNBC, CBS Sunday Morning, and been featured in the The New Yorker, the Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Fortune, The Atlantic, USA Today, and more. BLAKE MASTERS is cofounder of Judicata, a technology startup. Both have undergraduate and law degrees from Stanford. Crown Business 44 Scrum The Art of Doing Twice the Work in Half the Time Jeff Sutherland Publicist: Megan Perritt 212-572-2543 | [email protected] Summary The first book to explain how the software world’s hottest management process can be used as a tool to hyperaccelerate work of all kinds, Scrum explains to the general reader what is wrong with the way we currently do work, and how productivity and quality can be boosted as much as 1200 percent. Crown Business 9780385346450 On Sale Date: 9/30/14 $27.00 Hardcover Business & Economics Management Scrum (which gets its name from the formation in rugby in which the whole team locks its arms to gain control of the ball) is the reason that Amazon can launch a new feature on its website every day. It’s why the Red River Army Depot in Texas was able to roll out armored Humvees 39 times faster than before. It’s how the FBI finally created a massive terrorist-tracking database. The reason for the rapid embrace of Scrum across so many disciplines is simple: organizations that implement Scrum typically double productivity and quality—and sometimes the increase can be as much as twelve-fold. But the promise of Scrum as a project management tool extends far beyond business. Much as Atul Gawande did in The Checklist Manifesto, Sutherland shows how this unique approach to problem solving and team optimization has nearly universal application. At bottom, Scrum is about coming together with your team, looking at what you’re doing, and course correcting. Author Bio JEFF SUTHERLAND is currently the CEO of Scrum, Inc., the chairman of the Scrum Foundation, and senior adviser to OpenView Venture Partners, where he coaches venture-funded companies. These days he constantly travels the world speaking about Scrum. The book’s uncredited co-author is J. J. Sutherland, chief content officer at Scrum, Inc. Educated at Harvard and Carnegie Mellon, J. J. was formerly senior producer at NPR, where his work covering 9/11, the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, natural disasters, and the Arab Spring won multiple Peabody and DuPont Awards, as well as the Overseas Press Club’s Lowell Thomas Award and the Edward R. Murrow Award. Crown Business 45 How to Kill a Unicorn How the World’s Hottest Innovation Company Brings New Ideas to Market Faster Mark Payne Publicist: Megan Perritt 212-572-2543 | [email protected] Summary A unique behind-the-scenes look at the groundbreaking methodology that today’s most in-demand innovation factory uses to create some of the boldest products and successfully bring them to market. Crown Business 9780804138734 On Sale Date: 10/7/14 $30.00 Hardcover Business & Economics - DecisionMaking & Problem Solving Today innovation is seen by business leaders and the media alike as the key to growth, a burning issue in every company, from startups to the Fortune 500. And in that space, Fahrenheit 212 is viewed as a high-performance innovation SWAT team, able to solve the most complex, mission-critical challenges. Under Mark Payne, the firm’s president and head of Idea Development, Fahrenheit 212, since its inception a decade ago, has worked with such giants of industry as Coca-Cola, Samsung, Hershey’s, Campbell’s Soup, LG, Starbucks, Mattel, Office Depot, Citibank, P&G, American Express, Nutrisystem, GE, and Goldman Sachs to name a few. It has been praised as a hotspot for innovation in publications such as Fortune, Esquire, Businessweek, and FastCompany. What drives Fahrenheit 212’s success is its unique methodology, combining what it calls Magic—the creative side of innovation—with Money—the business side. They explore every potential idea with the end goal in mind—bringing an innovative product to market in a way that will transform a company’s business and growth. In How to Kill a Unicorn, Mark Payne pulls back the curtain on how the company is able to bring more innovative products and ideas successfully to market than any other firm and offers blow-by-blow inside accounts of how they grappled with and solved their biggest challenges. Author Bio MARK PAYNE is the cofounder, president, and head of Idea Development for Fahrenheit 212, today’s hottest innovation consultancy firm. Known for ideas that transform business markets, the company works with many of the biggest and most prominent companies in America. The firm is based in New York City. Crown Business 46 Crown Forum By the People Rebuilding Liberty Without Permission Charles Murray Publicist: Megan Perritt 212-572-2543 | [email protected] Summary A groundbreaking book by bestselling author and social historian Charles Murray, By the People exposes the corruption of government regulation and charts a new course for restoring individual freedom and limited government in our daily affairs. Crown Forum 9780385346511 On Sale Date: 2/3/15 $27.00 Hardcover Social Science - Sociology General The American project is on the threshold of its third act. Act I was the nation’s founding, establishing protections of individual liberty; Act II began in the 20th century, when the welfare state was grafted onto the original conception of limited government. But Act II has proven unsustainable. Through legislative overreach and misguided court decisions that expanded the federal government’s scope, regulations originally intended to protect individuals have morphed into an unjust, tangled web that harms individuals and small businesses while serving special interests and the few who are wealthy enough to operate above the law by hiring good lawyers and accountants. In By the People, Charles Murray shows how, through a resurgence in federalism (states’ rights), coordinated mass civil disobedience, and privately funded court cases in which the corruption of the regulatory process gets exposed and hamstrung, Americans can take back their individual liberty and restore the rule of law rightly understood, because the federal government isn’t an invincible foe against which we are powerless to resist. Author Bio CHARLES MURRAY is the W. H. Brady Scholar at the American Enterprise Institute. He first came to national attention in 1984 with his book Losing Ground. His subsequent books include In Pursuit, The Bell Curve (with Richard J. Herrnstein), What It Means to Be a Libertarian, Human Accomplishment, In Our Hands, and Real Education. He received a bachelor’s degree in history from Harvard and a Ph.D. in political science from MIT. He lives with his wife in Burkittsville, Maryland. Crown Forum 48 Three Rivers Press Finding Jesus Winston Rowntree Publicist: Ellen Folan 212-782-8944 | [email protected] Summary A wry homage to Where’s Waldo that challenges readers to “find Jesus” in a variety of unlikely places On each page of Finding Jesus, the Son of God is hidden in a crowded scene—from a rock concert to a wedding to a grocery store. The objective for the reader is to “find Jesus” in the detailed illustrations—and it’s not always easy, what with Jesus’s propensity for walking on water and turning the other cheek! Darkly funny and pleasantly challenging, this interactive children’s book for adults makes the perfect gift for believers and skeptics alike. Three Rivers Press 9780553418002 On Sale Date: 10/28/14 $9.99 Trade Paperback Author Bio WINSTON ROWNTREE is a columnist at the world’s most visited humor site, Cracked.com. Humor - Topic - Religion Three Rivers Press 50 This Is What You Just Put in Your Mouth Egg Nog to Beef Jerky, the Surprising Secrets of What’s Inside Everyday Products Patrick Di Justo Publicist: Rebecca Marsh 212-572-2544 | [email protected] Cover Not Available Three Rivers Press 9780804139885 On Sale Date: 2/3/15 $15.00 Trade Paperback Social Science - Popular Culture Summary Based on Wired’s most popular column, an irreverent, informative look at the shocking, disgusting, and dumbfounding ingredients found in the products we put in and on our bodies, from Cadbury Creme Eggs to Axe deodorant Wired writer Patrick Di Justo examines the inner workings of everything from WD-40 and Cool Whip to baby formula and Miracle-Gro and reports his findings in the magazine’s “What’s Inside” column (also its most popular). With rigorous research and sarcastic wit, he explains what each ingredient does, what its side effects are, other uses it may have, and how it interacts with the rest of the ingredients to make ordinary household products do what they do. The results are shocking, disgusting, and even dumbfounding. This Is What You Just Put in Your Mouth is a collection of the best columns from the magazine, along with more than ten new pieces, rounded out by stories of the wacky experiences he had while doing his research. Author Bio PATRICK DI JUSTO is the author of Wired’s most popular column, “What’s Inside.” A contributor to The New Yorker’s science blog, Elements, he also writes for Gizmodo, Popular Science, and Dwell, among others. Three Rivers Press 51 Potter Clarkson Potter Potter Style Potter Craft Kate Tyler Vice President and Publicity Director, Clarkson Potter, Potter Style, and Potter Craft T: 212-572-2551 • [email protected] Clarkson Potter Blue Ribbon Baking from a Redneck Kitchen Francine Bryson Publicist: Erica Gelbard 212-572-6182 | [email protected] Summary A pie champion and down-home Southern baker reveals her winning recipes for pies, cakes, cookies, and more in this proudly American baking book. Clarkson Potter 9780804185783 On Sale Date: 9/9/14 $22.00 Trade Paperback Cooking - Baking Clarkson Potter A mom, homemaker, and self-proclaimed redneck, Francine Bryson and her award-winning desserts were thrust into the national eye when she was chosen for The American Baking Competition and went on to become a finalist on the show. Now she shares her recipes and baking tips with everyone, always staying true to her Southern roots, which means pairing chocolate and peanut butter with bacon, turning an apple pie upside down, using cherry pop in a cake, and always making use of seasonal fresh fruit—and plenty of cream cheese. Author Bio FRANCINE BRYSON has won more than 200 local and national baking competitions and was the runner-up and crowd favorite on CBS’s The American Baking Competition. Her childhood home in Greenville, South Carolina, was located between those of her Nana and Granny, both keen bakers who started teaching their secrets to Francine when she was barely tall enough to reach the countertop. A member of the American Pie Council, she lives with her husband in Pickens, South Carolina. 56 One Pot 120+ Easy Meals from Your Skillet, Slow Cooker, Stockpot, and More Editors of Martha Stewart Living Publicist: Kate Tyler 212-572-2551 | [email protected] Publicist: Georgia Dodge 212-782-8329 | [email protected] Summary The editors of Martha Stewart Living take 30-minute meals and everyday food to the next level with one-pot meals; more than 120 innovative, comfort-food recipes make use of just a pot, a sheet pan, a skillet, a slow cooker, or a pressure cooker for meals that are delicious, satisfying, and quick to clean up, too. Clarkson Potter 9780307954411 On Sale Date: 9/23/14 $26.00 Trade Paperback Cooking - American MSLO’s latest cookbook features something everyone wants more of: all-in-one meals. Packed with 120 gorgeous images and recipes for one-pot wonders (including their food hack for One-Pan Pasta that went viral over the summer), this cookbook helps you get in and out of the kitchen with only one vessel to clean. From chicken and vegetables that roast on the same sheet pan to skillet lasagna, baked risotto, soups, and down-home casseroles, this is the volume that gives you the biggest flavor payoff with the smallest efforts. Here, too, are a dozen recipes for one-bowl desserts that can be ready when you are. Author Bio For more than 20 years, the food editors and chefs in the kitchens of MARTHA STEWART LIVING have been producing bestselling cookbooks, including Martha Stewart’s Cakes, Meatless, Martha Stewart’s New Pies and Tarts, and Power Foods. MARTHA STEWART is America’s most trusted lifestyle expert and teacher and the author of more than 80 books on cooking, entertaining, crafts, homekeeping, gardens, weddings, and decorating. Clarkson Potter 57 Picked Last Inspiration and Encouragement for Anyone Who Was Ever Bullied, Left Out, or Pushed Aside Ben Cohen Publicist: Kate Tyler 212-572-2551 | [email protected] Publicist: Penny Simon 865-675-1705 | [email protected] Summary Ben Cohen, a World Cup rugby champion and founder of the anti-bullying organization the Ben Cohen StandUp Foundation, offers inspiration and life lessons for those who have struggled with bullying, and for those who love them. International sports star and anti-bullying advocate Ben Cohen shares moving insights into overcoming the pain of being victimized, pushed aside, or left out. After his own father was beaten to death for standing up for a fellow employee, Ben made it his mission to spread awareness about victimization; to build solidarity among family, friends, and other allies; and to offer support and a safe forum for conversation. Clarkson Potter 9780804185646 On Sale Date: 9/30/14 $14.95 Hardcover Self Help - Motivational Clarkson Potter Author Bio BEN COHEN, MBE, is an England Rugby World Cup Champion, and second in all-time scoring for the U.K. In May 2011, he retired to found the Ben Cohen StandUp Foundation, an anti-bullying organization that promotes tolerance and the importance of character, respect, and equality in creating a kinder world. He has spoken to students all over the world and to corporations including Microsoft, Coca-Cola, and Nike. He has more than 280,000 likes on Facebook and 55,000 Twitter followers. 58 The Skinnytaste Cookbook Light on Calories, Big on Flavor Gina Homolka with Heather K. Jones, R.D. Publicist: Erica Gelbard 212-572-6182 | [email protected] Summary The highly anticipated debut cookbook from Gina Homolka, the genius behind Skinnytaste.com, which has double the Facebook fans and Pinterest pins of Smitten Kitchen, and is one of the top-25 blogs for healthy eating Clarkson Potter 9780385345620 On Sale Date: 10/21/14 $29.99 Hardcover Cooking - Health Clarkson Potter Skinnytaste.com is the hottest go-to resource for lowfat, low-calorie meals that taste anything but. Gina Homolka—a home cook turned savvy blogger—started the site as she launched her own efforts to lose weight after having her second child, and her recipes instantly resonated with a wide audience. The Skinnytaste Cookbook will share 150 slimmed-down recipes, including 25 fan favorites and the reveal of the much-requested Skinny Fettuccini Alfredo, as well as cooking tips and tricks that’ll help any home cook make great low-cal meals. With Gina’s advice, handy nutrition facts, and 125 stunning photographs, this cookbook will be the ultimate handbook for “skinny-fying” the kitchen. Author Bios GINA HOMOLKA is the founder of Skinnytaste, the award-winning blog that’s been featured on Glamour.com, TheKitchn, Gourmet Live, FineCooking.com, among other media outlets. She lives in Long Island with her husband and two children. HEATHER K. JONES, R.D., is a registered dietitian, health journalist, and the author of several nutrition books. 59 The Portlandia Cookbook Cook Like a Local Fred Armisen, Carrie Brownstein, and Jonathan Krisel Publicist: Kate Tyler 212-572-2551 | [email protected] Summary The companion cookbook from former Saturday Night Live cast member Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein, the stars of the satirical series Portlandia—with 50 delicious and usable recipes for every freegan, organic farmer, food truck diehard, dumpster diver, and food lover. And yes, the chicken’s local. Clarkson Potter 9780804186100 On Sale Date: 10/28/14 $24.95 Hardcover Cooking - Gourmet Food plays a very special role in Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein’s award-winning satire Portlandia— and the way Portlandia’s residents enjoy and talk about food are a huge part of the show’s personality. Fred, Carrie, and director Jonathan Krisel take you to the dishes that define the show, from cult-raised chicken to Stu’s stews, from pickled veggies to foraged green salads. Complete with new full-color finished food shots and illustrations, and paired with humorous stories, headnotes, and sidebars from the loveable food-obsessed Portlandia characters, this is a funny cookbook, with serious recipes, for people who want to bring Portlandia right into their kitchens. Author Bios FRED ARMISEN, cocreator, cowriter, and costar of Portlandia, recently completed his ninth and final season on Saturday Night Live, where he was best known for his impressions of President Obama, Muammar Gaddafi, and Queen Elizabeth. He has appeared in countless films and TV shows, and appears as an accomplished musician at SXSW and on Pitchfork.com. CARRIE BROWNSTEIN is the cocreator, cowriter, and costar of Portlandia. She made her TV debut with Portlandia, and received an Emmy nomination. She is well known as a member of the rock band Sleater-Kinney. Brownstein’s writing has appeared in the New York Times, Believer, and Slate. JONATHAN KRISEL is the series director of Portlandia. He has written and directed shows for Adult Swim, Comedy Central, and Funnyordie.com, and has returned to Saturday Night Live where he is a staff writer. Clarkson Potter 60 Make It Ahead A Barefoot Contessa Cookbook Ina Garten Publicist: Kate Tyler 212-572-2551 | [email protected] Summary America’s best-loved and most successful cookbook author Ina Garten delivers her top make-ahead recipes and invaluable tips, making meal-planning easier than ever—whether for the week to come or for a special meal. Clarkson Potter 9780307464880 On Sale Date: 10/28/14 $35.00 Hardcover Whether you’re hosting a dinner for company or just want to spruce up your weeknight repertoire, Ina shares recipes perfect for making ahead, so meals are stressfree yet still deliver deep flavor. Wild Mushroom and Farro Soup can be made on the weekend and reheated midweek to rave reviews. Freeze Leek and Ham Empanadas and bake when needed. Season chicken a day ahead, pop in the fridge, and get ready for the crispiest skin and juiciest meat you’ve ever tasted in a roasted chicken. The flavor of Braised Red Cabbage with Pancetta actually improves when the dish is made in advance. And everyone needs the recipe for Ina’s decadent (and glutenfree) chocolate cake that sits beautifully—if you can wait at all to eat it! Cooking - Quick & Easy Author Bio INA GARTEN is the host of the Emmy Award–winning Barefoot Contessa television show on Food Network and a New York Times bestselling author. She also has a line of sauté dinners available nationwide. She lives in East Hampton, New York, with her husband, Jeffrey. This is her ninth book. Clarkson Potter 61 A Kitchen in France A Year of Cooking in My Farmhouse Mimi Thorisson Publicist: Anna Mintz 212-572-6186 | [email protected] Summary A sumptuously photographed French cookbook with simple, elegant recipes that will transport food lovers, Francophiles, and armchair travelers to an old farmhouse in southwest France. Clarkson Potter 9780804185592 On Sale Date: 10/28/14 $40.00 Hardcover Cooking - French Clarkson Potter When Mimi Thorisson and her husband moved with their children from Paris to a small town in out-of-the-way Médoc, she did not quite know what was in store for them. She found wonderful ingredients from local farmers and the neighboring woods and, most important, time to cook. Her aspirational blog, Manger, was born, chronicling the family’s seasonal meals and life in an old farmhouse, all photographed by her husband. These recipes—including Roast Chicken with Herbs and Crème Fraîche, Cèpe and Parsley Tartlets, Winter Vegetable Cocotte, Apple Tart with Orange Flower Water, and Salted Butter Crème Caramel—will bring a touch of the French countryside into any home. Author Bio MIMI THORISSON is the author of Manger, a blog devoted to French cooking that was named Saveur’s Best Regional Food Blog in April 2013. After a career in television and having lived in Hong Kong, Singapore, London, Reykjavik, and Paris, she settled with her photographer husband, four young children, two older stepchildren, and the family’s fourteen dogs in a farmhouse in Médoc. She is the star of the cooking shows La Table de Mimi and the upcoming Les Desserts de Mimi, both on Canal+ in France. 62 Clean Slate A Cookbook and Guide: Reset Your Health, Boost Your Energy, and Feel Your Best Editors of Martha Stewart Living Publicist: Kate Tyler 212-572-2551 | [email protected] Publicist: Georgia Dodge 212-782-8329 | [email protected] Summary Building upon the success of Meatless and Power Foods—which proved that healthy food can be beautiful, delicious, and completely accessible—the editors at Martha Stewart Living now present their version of an elimination diet to help you reset, detox, and clean up your eating habits, with more than 175 energy-boosting recipes, including a 3-Day and a 21-Day Action Plan. Clarkson Potter 9780307954596 On Sale Date: 12/30/14 $26.00 Trade Paperback Cooking - Health Clean Slate helps you wipe that nutritional slate clean whenever you feel the need to reset your eating with a step-by-step plan: start with a week of lentils, fruits, vegetables, nuts and seeds, plus oil and seasonings. The next week introduce a variety of other good-for-you foods, including fish and gluten-free grains and eggs. During your last week, customize your diet: improvise meals by following the book’s guidelines. With an introductory “manifesto” that lays out the golden rules for reset eating and alternative plans for a 3-day or 21-day reset diet, this book also gives you 175-plus recipes for replenishing (nourishing breakfasts), rebooting (energizing juices and smoothies), recharging (veggie-loaded dishes), reengerizing (smart snacks), restoring (meals with substance), and relaxing (recipes for a little something sweet). Author Bio For more than 20 years, the food editors and chefs in the kitchens of MARTHA STEWART LIVING have been producing bestselling cookbooks, including Martha Stewart’s Cakes, Meatless, Martha Stewart’s New Pies and Tarts, and Power Foods. MARTHA STEWART is America’s most trusted lifestyle expert and teacher and the author of more than 80 books on cooking, entertaining, crafts, homekeeping, gardens, weddings, and decorating. Clarkson Potter 63 Supermarket Healthy Recipes and Know-How for Eating Well Without Spending a Lot Melissa d’Arabian Publicist: Anna Mintz 212-572-6186 | [email protected] Summary Food Network personality Melissa d’Arabian shows you how to make healthy meals for your whole family and still save lots of money and time, in a cookbook with 120 new dishes. If you think that eating healthier is too expensive, Melissa is here to guide you and prove that healthy eating can be easy, affordable, and achievable with everyday supermarket ingredients. She provides nutritional information with each recipe to help readers decide which ones are best for them and for their families. If the secret to better health is better cooking at home, then Melissa’s book is the ultimate tool kit for every home cook who wants to eat healthier and save money. Author Bio Clarkson Potter 9780307985170 On Sale Date: 12/30/14 $24.99 Trade Paperback Cooking - Quick & Easy Clarkson Potter MELISSA D’ARABIAN was a corporate finance executive before becoming the host of Food Network’s Ten Dollar Dinners and Cooking Channel’s Drop 5 Lbs with Good Housekeeping, and launching the new Food Network Web series The Picky Eaters in fall 2013. She has a political science degree from the University of Vermont and an MBA from Georgetown University. She lives with her family in San Diego. 64 It Was Me All Along A Memoir Andie Mitchell Publicist: Erica Gelbard 212-572-6182 | [email protected] Summary A young food blogger shares her inspiring story of incredible weight loss—a journey from nearly 300 pounds to losing more than half her size—and establishing a healthy and confident relationship with food. Clarkson Potter 9780770433246 On Sale Date: 1/6/15 $24.00 Hardcover Biography & Autobiography Women Clarkson Potter On her 20th birthday, Andie Mitchell stepped on the scale and discovered that she weighed nearly 300 pounds. At 5’ 9”—even knowing that she was big and hating herself for it—she was stunned. How had she gotten there? Without following wild diet trends, she lost 135 pounds over 13 months and has kept it off for 6 years. It Was Me All Along shares the at-times heartbreaking, yet ultimately uplifting and motivating, story of how Andie kicked her habit of binge eating, which she acquired during a traumatic childhood, and developed a healthy relationship with food, which she still loves to cook and enjoy. Her story is at-once familiar and inspiring to millions who have struggled with weight and self-image issues. Author Bio ANDIE MITCHELL is the blogger behind CanYouStayForDinner.com, which shares her inspiring story of successful weight loss and continued love of food. A former editor and social media manager at Foodista.com, she is now the social media director for The Shriver Report. 65 Potter Style Refinery29 Style Stalking The Editors of Refinery29 Publicist: Sean Boyles 212-782-9003 | [email protected] Summary Breaking from the tradition of wordless street style photography books, Refinery29 annotates trendy and timeless outfits captured on the street from a fashion insider’s perspective, with tips about how to achieve each look. What Design*Sponge did for DIY decor, R29 is doing for fashion—offering their readers content inspired from their mustread website and transforming it into the must-have book of the season. Potter Style 9780804185530 On Sale Date: 10/28/14 $19.99 Trade Paperback Self-Help - Fashion & Style With brand-new photography and archival favorites, Refinery29 editor in chief Christene Barberich and creative director Piera Gelardi annotate more than 180 real looks captured in major cities across the country. Barberich and Gelardi provide their distinctive point of view as to why an outfit works, and where to spend on investment pieces and where to save, as well as references to iconic tastemakers and interviews with fashion designers and other creative professionals. Author Bio REFINERY29, the largest independent fashion and style website in the United States, is a lifestyle platform that delivers nonstop inspiration to live a more stylish and creative life. In addition to its global and local newsletter editions and 24/7 original editorial content, Refinery29 connects more than 10 million visitors every month and more than 1.25 million subscribers with content, commerce, and community. Potter Style 68 Ten Speed Press Ten Speed Press Watson-Guptill Amphoto Kristin Casemore Director of Publicity, Ten Speed Press, Watson-Guptill, and Amphoto T: 510-285-2944 • [email protected] Ten Speed Press What Color Is Your Parachute? 2015 A Practical Manual for Job-Hunters and Career-Changers Richard N. Bolles Publicist: Kara Van de Water 510-285-2966 | [email protected] Summary The world’s most popular job-search book is updated for 2015 to tailor its long-trusted guidance with up-to-the-minute information and advice for today’s job-hunters and career-changers. Ten Speed Press 9781607745563 On Sale Date: 8/12/14 $29.99 Hardcover Business & Economics Job Hunting Ten Speed Press 9781607745556 On Sale Date: 8/12/14 $18.99 Trade Paperback Business & Economics Job Hunting Ten Speed Press In today’s challenging job market, the time-tested advice of What Color Is Your Parachute? is needed more than ever. Recent grads facing a tough economic landscape, workers laid off midcareer, and people searching for an inspiring work-life change all look to career guru Richard N. Bolles for support, encouragement, and nutsand-bolts guidance on landing a job. Featuring all-new guidance on how to deal with change constructively, this revised edition outlines which job-hunt strategies work—and which don’t. Combining classic elements like the famed Flower Exercise with updated advice on social media and search tactics, Bolles demystifies the entire job-search process, from résumés to interviewing to networking, expertly guiding job-hunters toward their dream job. Author Bio RICHARD N. BOLLES has led the job-search field for more than 40 years. A member of Mensa and the Society for Human Resource Management, he has been the keynote speaker at hundreds of conferences. Bolles holds a bachelor’s degree cum laude in physics from Harvard University, a master’s degree from General Theological (Episcopal) Seminary in New York City, and three honorary doctorates. Author Residence: San Francisco Bay Area, CA 72 Flour + Water Pasta Thomas McNaughton Publicist: Kelly Snowden 510-285-2974 | [email protected] Summary An elevated guide to the craft of pastamaking by rising star chef Thomas McNaughton of San Francisco’s hottest Italian restaurant, flour + water. Ten Speed Press 9781607744702 On Sale Date: 9/30/14 $35.00 Hardcover Cooking - Pasta San Francisco’s flour + water has a devoted local following, a strong national reputation, and is well known for its specialty regional pasta varieties, allItalian wine program, and star chef Thomas McNaughton. An artisan truly passionate about pasta, McNaughton’s inventive recipes and fresh flavor combinations—such as Corn and Crescenza Cappelletti with Bitter Honey; Spaghetti with Confit Albacore, Pole beans and Chili Flakes; and Asparagus Caramelle with Brown Butter—set Flour + Water apart from other pasta books. The 75 recipes are organized seasonally, and appeal to all pasta-lovers, from those who’ve never made it themselves to weekend warriors looking for their next challenge. Author Bio THOMAS McNAUGHTON is the executive chef and co-owner of flour + water, Central Kitchen, and Salumeria in San Francisco. He has worked at some of the most respected restaurants in San Francisco, including La Folie, Gary Danko, and Quince. He has twice been nominated for Rising Star Chef of the Year by the James Beard Foundation and he’s in the process of opening a retail space and a demo/test kitchen. McNaughton and flour + water have gotten glowing reviews from GQ, the New York Times, San Francisco magazine, and Sunset. Author Residence: San Francisco, CA Ten Speed Press 73 Eat The Little Book of Fast Food Nigel Slater Publicist: Kristin Casemore 510-285-2944 | [email protected] Summary Britain’s foremost food writer returns with a deliciously simple collection of more than 600 ideas for satisfying meals that are quick and easy to get to the table. Eat is a beloved author’s homage to those times when “we just want to eat.” Pairing a fresh, compact package with the same witty prose and straightforward recipes that captivated fans of Tender, Ripe, and Notes from the Larder, Eat is devoted to simple food—done well. Whether it’s a humble fig and ricotta toast or sizzling chorizo with shallots and potatoes, Nigel Slater provides endless ideas for fast food that can be prepared in under an hour and that busy parents, novice cooks, and discerning food aficionados will savor. With delightful photography throughout, this highly giftable volume is sure to be the new go-to tome for wholly enjoyable, everyday meals. Ten Speed Press 9781607747260 On Sale Date: 9/30/14 $27.99 Hardcover Cooking - Quick & Easy Author Bio NIGEL SLATER is the author of numerous bestselling books, including Notes from the Larder and the James Beard Award–winning Ripe and Tender. He has written a column for the Observer for twenty years and is the host of the BBC series Simple Suppers. His memoir, Toast, won British Biography of the Year, and has been adapted into a feature film. Author Residence: London, UK Ten Speed Press 74 The Slanted Door Modern Vietnamese Food Charles Phan Publicist: Kristin Casemore 510-285-2944 | [email protected] Summary The long-awaited cookbook from the Slanted Door, James Beard Award–winning chef Charles Phan’s beloved San Francisco Vietnamese restaurant. Ten Speed Press 9781607740544 On Sale Date: 10/7/14 $40.00 Hardcover Cooking - Vietnamese Award-winning chef and restaurateur Charles Phan opened the Slanted Door in San Francisco’s Mission District in 1995, inspired by the food of his native Vietnam. Since then, the Slanted Door has moved across town to the historic Ferry Building and has grown into a worldclass dining destination. Its accessible, modern take on classic Vietnamese dishes is beloved by diners, chefs, and critics alike. The Slanted Door is a love letter to the restaurant, its people, and its food, featuring stories and essays in addition to its most iconic recipes such as Seared Scallops with Vietnamese Beurre Blanc, WokSeared Eggplant with Satay Sauce, and Rack of Lamb with Tamarind Sauce. Author Bio CHARLES PHAN is the executive chef and owner of the Slanted Door family of restaurants. He received the James Beard Award for Best Chef California in 2004, and in 2011, was inducted into the James Beard Foundation’s Who’s Who of Food in America. He lives in San Francisco with his wife and their three children. Author Residence: San Francisco, CA Ten Speed Press 75 Death & Co Modern Classic Cocktails, with More than 500 Recipes David Kaplan, Nick Fauchald, and Alex Day Publicist: Kelly Snowden 510-285-2974 | [email protected] Summary The definitive guide to the contemporary craft cocktail movement, from one of the highest profile, most critically lauded, and influential bars in the world. Ten Speed Press 9781607745259 On Sale Date: 10/7/14 $40.00 Hardcover Cooking - Bartending Featuring hundreds of recipes for signature Death & Co creations as well as classic drink formulas, Death & Co is not only a comprehensive collection of the bar’s best, but also a complete cocktail education. With chapters on the theory and philosophy of drink-making; a complete guide to the spirits, tools, and other ingredients needed to make a great bar; and specs for nearly 500 iconic drinks, Death & Co is destined to become the go-to reference on craft cocktails. Filled with beautiful, evocative photography, illustrative charts and infographics, and colorful essays about the characters who fill the bar each night, Death & Co—like its namesake bar—is bold, elegant, and setting the pace for mixologists around the world. Author Bios DAVID KAPLAN is the founder and owner of Death & Co, a New York City nightlife destination, as well as the co-owner of Proprietors LLC, a full-service hospitality company, with ALEX DAY. NICK FAUCHALD is a Brooklynbased writer, editor, and publisher of print and digital products. He’s been an editor at Food & Wine, Wine Spectator, and Every Day with Rachael Ray magazines. From 2008 to 2011, he was the editor in chief of Tasting Table. Author Residence: Los Angeles, CA / New York, NY Ten Speed Press 76 Plenty More Vibrant Vegetable Cooking from London’s Ottolenghi Yotam Ottolenghi Publicist: Kristin Casemore 510-285-2944 | [email protected] Summary The hotly anticipated follow-up to London chef Yotam Ottolenghi’s bestselling and award-winning cookbook, Plenty, featuring 120 vegetarian dishes organized by cooking method. Ten Speed Press 9781607746218 On Sale Date: 10/14/14 $35.00 Hardcover Cooking - Vegetarian Yotam Ottolenghi’s monumentally successful cookbook, Plenty, changed the way people cook and eat vegetables. Its focus on flavorful, vegetable-centric dishes that emphasize spices and fresh ingredients caused a producecooking craze in the UK, the US, and the world over. Plenty More continues in the spirit of Plenty, with 120 dazzling produce-focused dishes, prepared raw, grilled, baked, simmered, cracked, or braised. Featuring recipes for main dishes, sides, salads, and sweets, and including Membrillo and Stilton Quiche, Buttermilk-Crusted Okra, Candy Beetroot with Lentils, Roasted Rhubarb with Sweet Labneh, and Quince Poached in Pomegranate Juice, this is the follow-up cookbook everyone has been waiting for. Author Bio YOTAM OTTOLENGHI arrived in the UK from his native Israel in 1997 and set out on a new career in food, after having completed an MA in Comparative Literature while working as a journalist in Tel Aviv. In London, he attended the Cordon Bleu cooking school, after which he worked as a pastry chef. In 2002, Yotam and his partners set up Ottolenghi, a unique food shop offering a wide range of freshly made savory dishes, baked products, and patisserie items. There are now four Ottolenghis, as well as NOPI, a brasserie style restaurant in Soho. Since 2006 Ottolenghi has written a column in The Guardian’s Weekend Saturday magazine. He is the author of the New York Times bestselling books Plenty, Jerusalem, and Ottolenghi. Author Residence: London, UK Ten Speed Press 77 Bread Revolution World-Class Baking with Sprouted and Whole Grains, Heirloom Flours, and Fresh Techniques Peter Reinhart Publicist: Kara Van de Water 510-285-2966 | [email protected] Summary An exploration of cutting-edge developments in the bread-baking world from beloved author Peter Reinhart, featuring 40 recipes and formulas that use sprouted flours, whole and ancient grains, alternative grains (such as corn and grape-skin flour), nut and seed flours, and allergy-friendly approaches. Ten Speed Press 9781607746515 On Sale Date: 10/21/14 $30.00 Hardcover Cooking - Bread Renowned baking author and instructor Peter Reinhart has always been on the forefront of the bread movement— from cold fermentation (The Bread Baker’s Apprentice) and whole grain breads (Peter Reinhart’s Whole Grain Breads) to unconventional methods for making glutenfree bread (The Joy of Gluten-Free, Sugar-Free Baking). In Bread Revolution, he explores the latest groundbreaking new flours based on grape seeds, emmer, and other ancient grains, and interviews intrepid bakers such as Craig Ponsford, Keith Giusto, and Mike Pappas, who are developing new wheat processing and baking techniques that expose tremendous flavor and health benefits. This on-trend collection of fresh bread recipes will appeal to avid bakers, health-conscious cooks, and food allergic, gluten-sensitive, and diabetic households. Author Bio PETER REINHART is a baking instructor and faculty member at Johnson & Wales University in Charlotte, North Carolina. He was the cofounder of Brother Juniper’s Bakery in Santa Rosa, California, and is the author of eight books on bread baking, including Crust and Crumb and The Bread Baker’s Apprentice (winner of the 2002 James Beard Cookbook of the Year and IACP Cookbook of the Year), and the 2008 James Beard Award–winning Peter Reinhart’s Whole Grain Breads. Author Residence: Charlotte, NC Ten Speed Press 78 The Pizza Bible The World’s Favorite Pizza Styles, from Neapolitan, Deep-Dish, Wood-Fired, Sicilian, Calzones and Focaccia to New York, New Haven, Detroit, and More Tony Gemignani Publicist: Natalie Mulford 510-285-2959 | [email protected] Summary A comprehensive guide to making pizza, covering nine different regional styles— including standards like Neopolitan, Roman, and Chicago, as well as renowned pizza subspecialties such as St. Louis and Californian— from chef, 11-time world pizza champion, Tony Gemignani. Ten Speed Press 9781607746058 On Sale Date: 10/21/14 $29.99 Hardcover Cooking - Pizza Pizza is one of the world’s most well-known and beloved foods, and everyone has their favorite style. In fact, devotion to one particular style is so ubiquitous that most pizza books cover only one or two varieties of pie. But for those who truly love pizza, there’s no need to be monogamous. Pizza master Tony Gemignani brings pizza to the people in all its glorious forms, from Chicago deep dish to paper-thin Roman style. The Pizza Bible is the world’s first guide to making all of the major pizza styles, filling a hole in the market and elevating the craft of making pizza to that of bread or charcuterie. Author Bio TONY GEMIGNANI is the chef and owner of seven restaurants: Tony’s Pizza Napoletana, Capo’s, and Tony’s Coal-Fired Pizza in San Francisco, Pizza Rock in Sacramento and Las Vegas, and Tony’s of North Beach and Slice House by Tony Gemignani in Rohnert Park. He’s also the co-owner of the International School of Pizza in San Francisco. Gemignani has been making pizza for more than 20 years and holds an impressive set of awards. Author Residence: San Francisco, CA Ten Speed Press 79 The Diabetes Solution How to Control Type 2 Diabetes and Reverse Prediabetes Using Simple Diet and Lifestyle Changes—with 100 Recipes Jorge E. Rodriguez, MD, and and Susan Wyler, MPH, RD, LDN Publicist: Kara Van de Water 510-285-2966 | [email protected] Summary An authoritative guide to preventing, reversing, and managing prediabetes and diabetes, featuring a comprehensive and holistic diet, fitness, and lifestyle plan, along with 100 recipes, from the authors of The Acid Reflux Solution. Ten Speed Press 9781607746164 On Sale Date: 11/4/14 $24.99 Hardcover Health & Fitness Diseases - Diabetes The Diabetes Solution provides a complete program for fighting type 2 diabetes—and preventing prediabetes from developing into full-blown diabetes—by presenting the latest scientifically validated information on what exactly the disease is, how it progresses, and how it can be effectively treated. Because many studies prove that a minor weight loss of 5 to 7 percent can make a huge difference in blood sugar levels and diabetic status, this straightforward program also includes 100 delicious and easy-to-prepare recipes as part of the blood sugar budget, a simplified eating plan that controls carb consumption, limits calories, and encourages weight loss. Proper management of diabetes from the earliest stages is essential; The Diabetes Solution simplifies the data, takes an aggressive stance on early medication, and focuses on reducing permanent damage and eliminating future complications so the newly diagnosed and those at risk can conquer the disease and thrive. Author Bios JORGE E. RODRIGUEZ, MD, is board-certified in internal medicine with a special fellowship in gastroenterology from Baylor School of Medicine in Dallas, TX. He has practiced preventive family medicine for more than two decades, and appears frequently as a medical expert and guest on television news and talk shows. SUSAN WYLER, MPH, RD, LDN, is adjunct professor of nutrition at UNC Chapel Hill, a licensed clinical nutritionist, and cookbook author. Author Residence: Los Angeles, CA / Chapel Hill, NC Ten Speed Press 80 The Paleo Chef Quick, Flavorful Paleo Meals for Eating Well Pete Evans Publicist: Kristin Casemore 510-285-2944 | [email protected] Summary Acclaimed chef Pete Evans takes a whole new approach to making gluten-free, grain-free, and dairy-free meals that are worthy of a restaurant but effortless to prepare. Ten Speed Press 9781607747437 On Sale Date: 1/13/15 $24.99 Hardcover Cooking - Health & Healing Gluten-Free The Paleo diet has taken America by storm as more and more people discover the health benefits of cutting out processed, sugary foods and instead eating quality proteins and fats, fresh vegetables and fruits, and nuts and seeds. However, following this way of eating doesn’t mean sacrificing flavor or spending a long time in the kitchen. In The Paleo Chef, Pete Evans, one of Australia’s leading chefs and food personalities, shows readers how to prepare gorgeous food that is satisfying, flavorforward, and good for you. A graduate of New York’s Institute for Integrative Nutrition and an enthusiastic supporter of the Paleo movement, Pete’s mission is to revolutionize the way we eat and live. The Paleo Chef is his breakout book, a visually rich collection of more than 100 of his most inspired, no-sacrifice recipes for every meal of the day, from Sprouted Seed Bread to Chia Seed Pudding, Grilled Asparagus with Roasted Bone Marrow to Chocolate Beet Cake, and more. Author Bio PETE EVANS is an award-winning Australian chef, restaurateur, cookbook author, TV presenter, adventure seeker, and father. A TV celebrity in Australia, Pete recently made his US debut as host of A Moveable Feast on PBS. He has authored seven internationally successful cookbooks and has contributed to such publications as Fine Cooking, Home Beautiful, and New Idea magazines. Author Residence: Sydney, Australia Ten Speed Press 81 WaterBrook Multnomah WaterBrook Press Multnomah Books Image Beverly Rykerd Publicity Manager, WaterBrook Multnomah T: 719-268-1935 • [email protected] Convergent Books WaterBrook Press Be the Message Taking Your Faith Beyond Words to a Life of Action Kerry Shook and Chris Shook Publicist: Beverly Rykerd 719-268-1935 | [email protected] Summary The Gospel is not about what we say. It’s about who we are, what we do, and how we are Jesus to the world around us. The Gospel is not a well-crafted sermon. It’s a life lived. You are the Gospel. WaterBrook Press 9781400073818 On Sale Date: 9/9/14 $21.99 Hardcover Religion - Christian Life Many of us are caught in a disconnect between the vital faith we want to have and the same old, same old of words and messages we’ve heard and echoed all our lives. Kerry and Chris Shook say that the solution to that disconnect is a practical understanding of how the Gospel is to be lived out in our lives. On the one hand, being the Gospel is simple. As Chris Shook says, “You can do more than nothing.” What does that look like for you? What are the things holding you back from a life of action, one that that lives out the Gospel? How do you begin to change so that yours can be a life of action not words? On the other hand, the call to a life of active faith is costly. Kerry Shook explores the biblical story of the rich young ruler and notes how he knew what the “words” of the Gospel were, he knew the commandments, he had the right theology. But Jesus called him to a Gospel of action—to give up his wealth to the poor. And the rich young man couldn’t go there—he couldn’t accept the cost. What does it cost you to be the Gospel in your world? Author Bios KERRY SHOOK and his wife, CHRIS SHOOK, founded The Woodlands Church in The Woodlands, Texas, in 1993. Since then the church has grown to an attendance of 15,000. The Woodlands Church is counted among the fastest-growing churches in America. Kerry Shook and his church have been featured on Fox News, NBC, and PBS, and thousands around the world tune in weekly to Pastor Kerry’s televised broadcasts to hear his message of hope and encouragement. WaterBrook Press 86 Love Without Limits Nick Vujicic Publicist: Ashley Boyer 719-264-5698 | [email protected] Summary The inside story on one of today’s most intriguing and inspiring love stories. In Love Without Limits, two young people of strong Christian faith—both of them yearning to love and to be loved—tell how improbably they found each other, fell in love, and then fought to overcome doubts and skepticism from others about their relationship to form the powerful bond that led to a truly joyful marriage. Nick and Kanae write candidly about their early fears and insecurities, then explain how despite their concerns about the impact of Nick’s disabilities on their relationship, their shared Christian faith and mutual trust brought them together and became the foundation for their marriage. Readers will cheer the triumph of an unusual but destined love! Born without arms or legs, Nick is a beloved figure known worldwide for his inspirational, overcoming attitude toward life. Now his life is enriched by a family formed with wife Kanae and their son Kiyoshi. WaterBrook Press 9781601426178 On Sale Date: 12/16/14 $21.99 Hardcover Religion - Christian Life - Inspirational WaterBrook Press Author Bio NICK VUJICIC is a motivational speaker, evangelist, author, and the director of the nonprofit organization Life Without Limbs. Nick is a great inspiration to people around the world, regularly speaking to large crowds on overcoming obstacles and achieving dreams. A longtime resident of Australia, he now lives in southern California with his wife, Kanae, and son, Kiyoshi. Visit his website at www.NickVujicic.com 87 Image Joy to the World How Christ’s Coming Changed Everything (and Still Does) Scott Hahn Publicist: Katie Moore 719-268-1936 | [email protected] Summary The perfect Christmas gift! One of Catholicism’s best known authors (and EWTN mainstay) presents a beautifully told and unique take on the Nativity story. Image 9780804141123 On Sale Date: 10/21/14 $20.00 Hardcover Religion - Holidays - Christmas Image What could be more familiar than the Christmas story— and yet what could be more extraordinary? The cast of characters is strange and exotic: shepherds and magicians, an emperor and a despot, angels, and a baby who is Almighty God. The strangeness calls for an explanation, and this book provides it by examining the characters and the story in light of the biblical and historical context. Bestselling author Scott Hahn, who has written extensively on Scripture and the early Church, brings evidence to light, dispelling some of the mystery of the story. Yet he also make Christmas familiar all over again by showing it to be a family story. Christmas, as it appears in the New Testament, is the story of a father, a mother, and a child—their relationships, their interactions, their principles, their individual lives, and their common life. Author Bio DR. SCOTT W. HAHN holds the Fr. Michael Scanlan Chair of Biblical Theology and the New Evangelization at Franciscan University of Steubenville, where he has taught since 1990, and is the Founder and President of the St. Paul Center for Biblical Theology. In 2005, he was appointed as the Pope Benedict XVI Chair of Biblical Theology and Liturgical Proclamation at St. Vincent Seminary in Latrobe, Pennsylvania. Dr. Hahn is also the bestselling author of numerous books, including The Lamb’s Supper, Reasons to Believe, and Signs of Life. He lives in Steubenville, Ohio. 90 Convergent Books Rare Bird A Mother’s Story of a Beautiful Boy Who Flew Too Soon Anna Whiston-Donaldson Publicist: Beverly Rykerd 719-268-1935 | [email protected] Summary A mother’s story of tenacity in the face of sudden, unfathomable loss, and her surprising encounters with the supernatural on her journey to healing and hope. Convergent Books 9781601425195 On Sale Date: 9/9/14 $22.99 Hardcover Autobiography - Personal Memoirs Convergent Books Out of seemingly nowhere on a September day, 12year-old Jack is swept away in a freak flood from his neighborhood, his family, and life itself. Left to wrestle with the awful questions—How did it happen? Why? What ever now?—are Jack’s mother, Anna, his younger sister, Margaret, and his dad, Tim. They each fall into the abyss of grief in different ways. And in the days and months ahead, they each find their faltering way toward something like peace and healing. Anna unfolds her story with telling detail, beautiful evocations of love and longing, and the power of a woman who has not only survived the unimaginable but returned to make her testament of hope—that after all, nothing can separate a mother from her child. Author Bio ANNA WHISTON-DONALDSON holds a master’s degree in English from Wake Forest University. She taught high school English and photojournalism for six years. Currently, she is popular blogger and manages a Christian bookstore. She lives with her husband, Tim, and daughter, Margaret, in suburban Washington, DC. 92
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