AFTER 9/11: One Girl’s Journey Through Darkness
Helaina Hovitz was twelve years old and in middle school three blocks away when the World Trade Center was attacked. Her memoir encapsulates the journey of a girl growing up with PTSD after living through the events firsthand, chronicling its effects on a young girl at the outset of adolescence and following her as she […]
MASHED: Beyond the Potato, Holly Herrick
Dinner never was easier! Mash it, smash it! Holly Herrick’s gorgeous new cookbook, MASHED: Beyond the Potato (Gibbs Smith, Sept. 2016), offers a fresh take on classic comfort foods includes not only delicious variants on mashed potato dishes, but also gratins, soups, dips, sauces, guacamoles, pâtés, casseroles, panna cottas, and sorbets made with a plethora […]
THREE MORE WORDS, Ashley Rhodes-Courter (Paperback)
NOW IN PAPERBACK! In the sequel to the New York Times bestselling memoir Three Little Words (Atheneum/Simon & Schuster, 2008), Ashley Rhodes-Courter expands on life beyond the foster care system, the joys and heartbreak with the family she’s created, and her efforts to make peace with her past. Ashley Rhodes-Courter spent a harrowing nine years […]
THE AGE OF LONGEVITY, Rosalind C. Barnett & Caryl Rivers
Long, productive lives are the destiny of most of us, not just the privilege of our great-grandchildren. The story of aging is not one of steady decline and decay; we need a new narrative based on solid research, not scare stories. Today Americans enjoy a new, healthy stage of life, between roughly 65 and 79, […]
THE GOSPEL OF MARY, Philip Freeman
A gospel that may or may not be authentic, a race against time, a secret that threatens the church: these are some of the elements of the third in the series featuring Sister Deirdre as sleuth in ancient Ireland, in Christianity’s early days. (World Rights/Pegasus/Fall 2017)
The 6Rs of Bullying Prevention, Michele Borba, Ed.D.
From esteemed educator, Dr. Michele Borba, comes The 6Rs of Bullying Prevention: Best Proven Practices to Combat Cruelty and Build Respect (Free Spirit Publishing, August 2016). It utilizes the strongest pieces of best practices and current research for ways to stop bullying. Based on a practical, six-part framework for reducing peer cruelty and increasing positive […]
What’s in a title?
Writers in search of an agent (or editor) often complain that they are not getting any response. There are many reasons for this, which we frequently address in this column. But one particular irksome reason is that the query letters often feature terrible titles. I mean truly terrible. (I don’t want to humiliate anyone by […]
HOW TO BE A GOOD FRIEND: An Ancient Guide to Real Friendship in a Superficial Age, Cicero (Philip Freeman, Translator)
Classicist Freeman offers a vivid new translation of Cicero’s famous “De Amicitia,” ruminations on friendship as a core relationship based on loyalty and mutual and genuine connection with others. (Princeton University Press, 2017, World Rights)
THE PRIZE: Who’s in Charge of America’s Schools? Dale Russakoff
NOW IN PAPERBACK! (August 2, 2016 release date) With new material. “One of the most important books on education to come along in years.” — New York Times Book Review A New York Times Notable Book · A Best Book of the Year, the Washington Post, the Atlantic, The New Yorker, and Publishers Weekly · […]
TOUCH, The Delta Girls Book Five, Juliet Madison
In the astonishing conclusion to The Delta Girls series (Diversion Publishing, July 2016), Touch, the mystery that has haunted the Delcarta sisters will finally be answered, but discovering the truth may be the last thing they learn. When Talia and her sisters take part in a live studio audience for a television show, the last […]